Muderiz Ali Effendi Mosque, Prizren

The Muderis Ali Efendi Mosque, also named Mosque of Ali Hoxha, is a mosque in Prizren, Kosovo. Built between 1543 and 1581, it is one of the oldest mosques in Kosovo. It is situated on the street "Rr. Papa Gjon Pali" down the hill from the Catholic Cathedral of Prizren, with its triangle shaped space it occupies 877 m ², it was declared by Prizren Municipality in 1989 as a cultural monument. Its founder, Ali Effendi, who was at that time the Muderis of Prizren is buried in the garden. 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, 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. ()