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TIRANA, May 29 – Five mosques, the eldest being a 16th century one outside Tirana, will be restored under a Euro 4 million project funded by the Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TİKA).
Introducing the project this week from the Preza mosque, outside Tirana, Culture and Tourism Minister Aldo Bumci described it as the best example of putting cultural heritage to the benefit of tourism.
The five mosques included in the project are situated in Preza, outside Tirana, at the Kruja bazaar, in Elbasan, Berat and Korca, being a heritage of Albania’s five-century history under Ottoman rule.
Open since 1992, the TIKA office in Tirana has assisted Albania in a series of projects in tourism, culture and infrastructure.
