Mirahori Mosque | Korce, Albania

Iljaz Mirahori Mosque is a historic mosque in Korce Albania. The historical ceiling of the mosque of which parts of the frescoes got lost and have to be restored.

The mosque was built in 1494 and finished in 1496 by Iljaz Hoxha (also known as Iljaz Bey Mirahori), who was a veteran of the Istanbul Conquest and the city-founder of Korçe.   

With its minaret being torn down during the Communist dictatorship, the Iliaz Mirahor mosque was declared a religious Cultural Monument of Albania. After the end of Communist rule in the 1990s, the minaret was not rebuilt until 2014 when it was reconstructed in a slightly different and more simple style compared to the original one. 

The Ottoman Clock Tower of Korce in front of the mosque has also been rebuilt afterwards.