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The Pasha Mosque (today Hafiz Patel Mosque) is a small mosque in Elbasan. The old mosque was demolished during the renovation in the 1990s and thus lost the nomination for National Heritage.

The Pasha Mosque was built in 1719 by the citizens of Ulcinj, in honour of an admiral from Istanbul, using goods taken from Venetian ships during an attack by the Republic of Venice on Ulcinj. The mosque is built in the Ottoman architectural style and has a minaret which, together with that of the Namazgjah Mosque, is the only minaret preserved in the city. The hammam of this mosque is the only one of its kind in Montenegro. It was built in 1743 as a rectangle, with a central dome surrounded by several smaller domes.

Påskallavik Church, built in the 1860s, is a whitewashed church of grey stone, consisting of a rectangular nave, a tower and a vestry. The tower stands along the west side of the church. On the east side is the sacristy, which is relatively large. Its size is explained by the fact that this part of the church was the first to be built, and from the beginning, from 1863 onwards, it served as a place of worship. The sacristy was also used as a classroom until 1880. The decoration of the church is mainly the work of the sculptor Arvid Källström (1893-1967), whose home and studio was in Påskallavik.

Passau Cathedral is a Baroque church that was built between 1668 and 1693 on a site that has seen churches since at least the 8th century. An early Gothic cathedral was located here between 1221 and 1313, but was destroyed by fire in 1662, resulting in the construction of a new cathedral. Of the early buildings, only the eastern part of the late Gothic style has survived. The cathedral has a richly decorated Baroque interior, containing frescoes by Italian artists.

This Jewish Cemetery has about fifty tombstones, some of which are damaged. Several tombstones from the 1950s-60s are individually fenced.

The Museum of Pataj, founded in 1959 by Pastyik István, expanded to include a peasant house and a Unitarian church, showcasing historical architecture.

The St Panteleimon Monastery in the area of Patleina is an ancient medieval monastery, today in ruins. At its heyday in the 9th and 10th centuries, Patleina Monastery was among the leading centres of the Preslav Literary School, as well as one of the most prominent centres of production of painted decorative ceramics.

Protestant church built in 1968.

The period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown, it was most likely founded in the early 18th century. The Jewish population in 1928 numbered 170 (of a total population of 64,838). In the leadup to WWII, there were 337 Jews in Patras. After the war, in 1946, 122 Jews lived in Patras and by 1978 only 5 remained.

Not far from Suceava, Stephen the Great founded in 1487 the only monastery of nuns at that time. The monastery did not survive the unfavourable times, remaining most of the time deserted. Today Patrauti church is consacrated to the Holy Cross and imposes itself due to its perfect harmony of proportions and stylished shapes.