The Hysen Pasha Mosque in Berat, Albania, is also called the Clock Mosque, or Xhamia e Sahatit. Hussein Pasha built it, and it was completed in 1670. The style is Ottoman Islamic architecture. The Ottomans built a clock tower beside the mosque in 1870.
During the communist dictatorship of Enver Hoxha, the clock tower and much of the mosque were destroyed, around 1967. The one minaret was the only part left standing. The mosque was renovated around 1991, after communism ended, and it has been active since then.
It is a Cultural Monument of Albania. It is part of the Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastër, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that was inscribed in 2005 and extended in 2008.
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