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Similar Kubelie Mosque, Allajbegi's Mosque, Great Mosque of Durrës, Naziresha Mosque, Gjirokastër Mosque | ||
The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Sulltan Mehmet Fatihut), Fatih Mosque (Xhamia e Fatihut), or Church-Mosque of Shkodër (Kisha-Xhami) is a 15th-century mosque in Rozafa Castle near Shkodër, Albania.
History
It was built in 1479 and named after Mehmed the Conqueror or Fatih Sultan Mehmet.
The ruins of this mosque built in 1479 feature a Dikka, a Mihrab, and the remains of a large Minaret. The mosque was built on the remains of St. Stephen's Church. The Fatih Sultan Mehmet mosque is the last building from the Middle Ages in Shkodër and is the only mosque that survived in Shkodra during the dictatorship of Enver Hoxha, who destroyed all 36 mosques in Shkodër. A planned attempt to convert the mosque into its origin ,a church with partial U.S. sponsorship was not liked by the Muslim community of Shkoder, and the ambassador of the United States, Ms. Marcy Ries, promised to re-assess the funding of the project.