Kokonozi Mosque, Ottoman mosque in central Tirana, Albania.

Kokonozi Mosque is a prayer house featuring Ottoman architectural style in central Tirana. The building displays a visible minaret, a dome, and geometric wall patterns characteristic of this construction approach.

Construction began in 1750, funded by the influential Kokonozi family, and the mosque takes its official name from Mahmud Agha Kokonozi. It closed in 1966 and served as a food storehouse and later a tobacco shop. It reopened on 18 February 1991; restoration began in 1999 and the minaret was rebuilt in 2003. A plaque found during restoration gives 1269 AH (1853), which scholars think may mark a stone rebuild of an earlier wooden structure.

The mosque serves the local Muslim community and welcomes visitors interested in learning about Islamic practices and traditions. You can observe daily prayer times and see how the space functions as a spiritual center for people living nearby.

The mosque stands in the centre of Tirana, near the New Bazaar area, and can be reached on foot from the surrounding streets. It reopened for worship on 18 February 1991, so it functions as an active mosque; visitors should time their visit outside prayer times. Restoration work began in 1999 and the minaret was rebuilt in 2003.

The building served as a tobacco storage facility for many years instead of a place of prayer. This unusual use during communist times reflects what happened to many religious structures across Albania.