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Teqe Mosque

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mosque in gjirokastër”. Today it says “former mosque and madrasa”.
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Teqe Mosque ( Albanian : Xhamia e Teqes ) is a mosque in Gjirokastër , Albania . It is a Cultural Monument of Albania . It was described by famed explorer Evliya Çelebi in the 17th century, but its current form is the work of an Ahmet Çelebi in 1773. An inscription dates it to 1732 to 1733 ( Hijri year 1145). Though named Teqe by its first descriptor, the locals call it Mesh Mosque. Still standing in 1967 and originally slated for demolition soon after, it was reprieved with cultural monument status in 1973. Aerial view "Religious buildings with the "Culture Monument" status" . Arkitektura osmane në shqipëri : 1385–1912 (translated by Vrioni in 2012) .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mosque in gjirokastër”. Today it says “former mosque and madrasa”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

mosque in gjirokastër

Now

former mosque and madrasa

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