Xhamia e Madhe - Ebu Bekr mosque Shkoder

The great mosque (Area)

The new mosque of Fushë Çela, named after the companion Abu Bakr, also known as the Great Mosque, is the main mosque of the city of Shkodra in Albania. The mosque, which today is located at the end of the pedestrian street and opposite the Hotel Colosseo, offers it covers 622.72 m2 of space, enough for 1,300 believers. The two minarets are 41.11 meters high. The central dome has a height of 24 meters. [5] The mosque of Fushë Çela, built during the Ottoman rule and destroyed during the communist dictatorship in Albania, had in previous centuries a great importance for Shkodra and its surroundings: the former mosque it was one of the most beautiful mosques in Shkodra as well as one of the most visited, as well as having its own madrasah.