Efem Bey Mosque (Xhamia e Et'hem Beut) description and photos - Albania: Tirana (Topic)

Efem Bey Mosque (Xhamia e Et'hem Beut) description and photos - Albania: Tirana. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Xhamia e Et'hem Beut.

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The Efem Bey Mosque is a cult building in Tirana, dating back to the end of the eighteenth century. Behind the first door of the temple there is a plaque indicating that the mosque was built by Mulla Bey, a wealthy man from Tirana who donated money to charity.

Mulla Bey laid the foundation for this temple in 1791, but he did not the walls and domes of the mosque, as well as the interior and exterior decoration, were completed. he died after 1807. The mullah's son, Haji (Nachhi) Efem-Bey continued the construction of his father. During the reign of Haji Efem-Bey, the walls of the temple were painted, the ceiling was built in the form of a portico. The end of construction, according to various estimates, fell on 1830 or 1831. There is no exact information about the architects of this mosque, but, according to some sources, these were two educated inhabitants of Tirana, called Mulla and Mulla Yusuf Halim Bulku Zorba.

A feature of this mosque is the use of elements of nature in the decor. The frescoes in the mosque depict trees, waterfalls and bridges; paintings from nature are very rare in Islamic art. The hall of the mosque is divided into floors that rise up to the vaults. The dome of the mosque is decorated with suras from the Koran written in a spiral. Closer to the top of the dome, 99 names of Allah are displayed.

Sightseeing tours to the temple are held daily, except for prayer times. Visitors must remove their shoes before entering the interior spaces.

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