Haxhi Zeka Mill
Nineteenth-century watermill on the Lumbardhi in Peja, restored with its machinery in place.
The Haxhi Zeka Mill stands on a channel of the Lumbardhi river in the centre of Peja. It was built in the 1850s for Haxhi Zeka, the merchant and political leader who convened the League of Peja in 1899, and it was among the first mills in the region to work on an industrial scale. A wooden wheel in the garden first drove the stones; milling machinery ordered from Austria was installed later, and the mill was eventually turned over to electric power.
The complex includes the mill itself, a granary, stables, a residential wing and a walled yard with its water channels. It was burned during the war of 1998 and 1999; the mill was rebuilt in 2004 and the granary followed in 2016, and the site is now listed as a protected monument. Parts of the interior are open so that visitors can see the grinding mechanism and the sack chutes, and the courtyard is used for concerts, craft fairs and seasonal events in the town.
Highlights
- Built in the 1850s for Haxhi Zeka, host of the League of Peja
- Milling machinery imported from Austria still in place
- Granary, stables and walled yard beside the river channel
- Courtyard used for concerts, fairs and town events
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