# Bazaar Mosque

Gjirokastra, Albania

Built by Memi Bey in the mid-eighteenth century in the heart of the Bazaar, this is the only mosque in Gjirokastër that survived the atheist campaign of nineteen sixty-seven. During the twenty-four years it was closed, it served as a warehouse, a circus gym and later a tailoring workshop. Following restoration by TIKA, the call to prayer is once again heard five times a day.

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Coordinates: 40.073889, 20.138056

[City page](/cities/gjirokastra)

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