Tanners' Mosque

Tanners' Mosque
Xhamia e Tabakëve
The mosque in 2005
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque (17th century–1967) (since 1990– )
Leadership	Elvis Naçi (imam)
Status	Active
Location
Location	Tirana City, Tirana County
Country	Albania
Location of the mosque in Albania
Geographic coordinates	41°19′36″N 19°49′41″E / 41.3267°N 19.8281°E / 41.3267; 19.8281
Architecture
Type	Islamic architecture
Completed	c. 17th – c. 18th century
Minaret	1

The Tanners' Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Tabakëve) is a Sunni mosque located near the Tanners' Bridge in Tirana, capital of Albania.

The mosque was built in the neighborhood of the handicraft-trade Tanners' guild in c. 17th – c. 18th century, during the Ottoman era. It was damaged by a lightning strike in 1927.^[1] From 1967 until 1990, the mosque was closed for worship after Albania was declared an atheist state by the Communist government of Enver Hoxha.^[2] The Resmja family made improvements on its reopening and continues to care for the mosque.^[3][4]

The current imam is Elvis Naçi, a theologian.

See also

• Islam portal

• Islam in Albania
  • Islam in Albania (1800–1912)
• List of mosques in Albania

References

1. "Tanners' Mosque". archiqoo.com. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
2. "Tanners' Mosque". Religiana.com. 2025. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
3. "Xhamia e Tabakeve Mosque (Tanners' Mosque), Tirana". GPS MyCity Inc. 2025. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
4. "Tanners' Mosque". xhamiatabakeve.com (in Albanian). Archived from the original on January 6, 2014.