Lezhë County
Lezhë
Bashkia e Lezhës

Mosque of Lezha

The Church of Saint Nicholas, also known as the Selimije Mosque, the Church-Mosque of Lezhë, and, since the 1980s, as the Skanderbeg National Memorial, is a former Roman Catholic church and subsequently a former Islamic , and now a mausoleum and that contains the remains of Skanderbeg.
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Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque and former church in Lezha, Albania
  • Also known as: “Church of Saint Nicholas, Lezhë”, “Saint Nicholas Church”, “Saint Nicholas Church, Lezhe”, “Selimije Mosque”, “Skanderbeg Memorial”, and “Xhamia e Lezhës”
  • Address: Lezhë

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brian Filipi Stadium and Lezhë Castle.

Stadium
Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, a.k.a. former Besëlidhja Stadium is a multi-use in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KS Besëlidhja Lezhë. is situated 150 metres south of Mosque of Lezha.

Castle
Photo: Belgian man, Public domain.
The is a castle dominating the city of , northern . Its highest point is 186 metres. is at an elevation of 322 metres. is situated 1 km northeast of Mosque of Lezha.

Railway station
Photo: Your Über Monkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
serves the city of in northwest Albania. The line was opened in 1981. It was a terminal station until the extension to Shkodër was completed the following year. is situated 610 metres northwest of Mosque of Lezha.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ishull Lezhë and Grykë Manati.

Village
is a settlement in the , northwestern . It is part of the former municipality . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of .

Village
is a village in , northwestern . When local government was reformed in 2015, the village became part of the municipality of . is situated 3 km east of Mosque of Lezha.

Village
is a village and a former municipality in the , northwestern . At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality . The population at the 2023 census was 3,792. is situated 5 km north of Mosque of Lezha.

Mosque of Lezha

Latitude
41.77738° or 41° 46′ 39″ north
Longitude
19.64437° or 19° 38′ 40″ east
Open location code
8FHXQJGV+XP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 387221846
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q21084474
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Mosque of Lezha” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kisha e Shën Nikollës”
  • Albanian: “Mauzoleu i Skënderbeut”
  • Albanian: “Xhamia e Selimijes”
  • Armenian: “Սելիմիե մզկիթ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Səlimiyyə məscidi”
  • Belarusian: “Мячэць Селіміе”
  • Bengali: “সেলিমাই মসজিদ”
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Никола (Лежа)”
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Никола”
  • Dutch: “Mausoleum van Skanderbeg”
  • Dutch: “Selimiye-moskee”
  • French: “mosquée Selimié”
  • French: “Mosquée Selimié”
  • Galician: “Igrexa de San Nicolás”
  • German: “Selimiye-Moschee”
  • German: “Skanderbeg-Gedenkstätte”
  • German: “St. Nikolaus-Kirche”
  • Greek: “Ναός του Αγίου Νικολάου στη Λέζα”
  • Greek: “Τζαμί Σελιμίγιε”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Miklós-templom”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Селимие”
  • Serbian: “Црква Светог Николе у Љешу”
  • Turkish: “Selimiye Camii”
  • Ukrainian: “церква святого Миколи (Леже)”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква святого Миколи”

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Highlights include Spitali Obstetrik Gjinekologjik and Prokuroria e Lezhes.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mosque of Lezha”. Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.