Cathedral of St. Nicholas

File / Documentation

Name

204158_sv.jpg

Size

3.05 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

7c40861b0d9ccf5a1e27c3451542a380

Creator(s)

Christian, Ottoman

Time period

creation date: original church, 15th century, other date: Skanderbeg buried in church, after 1468, alteration date: church transformed by the Ottomans into a mosque, late 16th century, restoration date: mosque reconstructed by Sultan Selim III, late 18th century, destruction date: mosque destroyed by earthquake, 1978, alteration date: remaining Ottoman additions removed and foundations of church and tomb of Skanderberg turned into a monument, ca. 1983

Location

Site: Lezhe (Lezhe, Albania)

Cultural context

Christian

Ottoman

Description

historical view, mosque before destruction, with minaret, before 1978

Work type

Cathedral, Mosque, Monument

Medium

stone

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