TIRANA, August 7/ATA/ Minister of Education and Sports Evis Kushi visited today the Gjin Aleksi Mosque in Delvina, the only one in the world that has a Christian name.
The minister wrote in a post in social media that the Mosque of Gjin Aleksi is a rare object, evidence of the religious coexistence of Albanians.
“Built on the ruins of a Byzantine monastery, this pearl of architecture, with rare values of our cultural heritage, has in its courtyard a mosque, a church and a tekke, as the most vivid evidence of the cultural and religious coexistence of Albanians “, wrote Kushi.
The Church of Gjin Aleksi is a monument of cultural heritage in the village of Rusan-Delvina. This historical mosque was built in the 15th century. This cultural monument is of the “Architecture” type and received the status in 1963. /k.s/r.e/p.s./
