Mosque_of_Muderis_Ali_Efendi
Muderiz Ali Effendi Mosque
Mosque in Prizren, Kosovo
The Muderis Ali Efendi Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Myderis Ali Efendisë; Turkish: Müderris Ali Efendi Camii), also named Mosque of Ali Hoxha (Albanian: Xhamia e Ali Hoxhës), is a mosque in Prizren, Kosovo. Built between 1543 and 1581, it is one of the oldest mosques in Kosovo.[1] It is situated on the street "Rr. Papa Gjon Pali"[2] down the hill from the Catholic Cathedral of Prizren, with its triangle shaped space it occupies 877 m 2,[3] it was declared by Prizren Municipality in 1989 as a cultural monument.[4] Its founder, Ali Effendi, who was at that time the Muderis of Prizren is buried in the garden.[5] After the Second World War it was used as a Red Cross center and was heavily damaged because of the improper conduct. In 1963 fire broke out and thus damaged the Mosque even more (according to the city there was a fire in 1975[6]), because of these events it lost its originality of an old monument. It was famous for the 1908 three year boycott of catholic shops in Prizren.