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King Mosque, Elbasan

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mosque in elbasan castle”. Today it says “mosque”.
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Mosque in Elbasan City, Elbasan County, Albania Ottoman-style door of the mosque The King Mosque ( Albanian : Xhamia Mbret or Xhamia e Hynqarit , Turkish : Hünkâr Camii ) or Sultan Bayezid Mosque ( Xhamia e Sulltan Bajazitit ) is a historical Ottoman -era mosque within the Ottoman Elbasan Castle in the town of Elbasan , Albania . The mosque was built by Sultan Bayazid II around 1482–1485. This makes it one of the oldest active mosques in Albania besides the Fatih Mosque in Durrës . It became a Cultural Monument of Albania in 1948. "Religious buildings with the "Culture Monument" status" .

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mosque in elbasan castle

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mosque

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