Tirana

Tekke of Dervish Hatixhe

  Rr. Dervish Hatixhe 12     27 Jul 2025
A Sufi shrine in an unassuming building, dedicated to the female Bektashi saint Dervish Hatixhe Skenderi (1798-?), Tirana's own Florence Nightingale who nursed people through a bubonic plague epidemic. After her death, this tekke was founded near her grave, which miraculously survived the Hoxha regime hidden below a concrete floor, with worshippers risking their lives by secretly visiting. It still visited by people of different faiths, especially women. A corridor leads past a soot-blackened candle room to where the graves of Hatixhe, members of her family and a former servant can all be seen.

Email

admin@dervishhatixhe.com

Open

Open 07:00-19:00.

Price/Additional Info

Admission free.

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