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Mosque of Gjin Aleksi is a century-old building complex of XVII century, located in Rusan village of Delvina. The complex consists of a mosque surrounded by 4 polygonal shrines and the mosque's roof. The mosque is a monument of special value in its gender. Two polygon shrines are placed in front of the mosque porch, a third shrine is attached to the south wall, and a fourth shrine is behind the mosque. Part of this complex on the east side is an early spring.
The main volume of the Mosque consists of a porch, a prayer room and a minaret. The prayer room represents an 8x8m square, the cubic volume of which is covered with spherical brick domes. The cubic part of the 8th Hall Aleksey Mosque is highlighted through a frame, on which stands the high eight-sided drum. After entering the hall, one can see mafili resting on wooden arcades and traces of wooden flooring.
Next to the entrance to the south-east front is the mihrab, treated as nike. Three-row windows, arched, are on the walls of the main hall. In today's condition, the interior of the hall has few wall paintings and Arabic epigraphy. The porch is rectangular in shape and partitioned in the middle with an alley leading to the main porch of the prayer room, the ceiling is made up of a dome system while the enclosure is made of stone arches supported by 10 pillars.

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