List of mosques in Greece

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This is a list of mosques in Greece.

East Macedonia and Thrace

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Eski Mosque, Komotini Komotini 1608 It is currently active as a place of Muslim worship.
Yeni Mosque, Komotini Komotini 1585 It is in active service as a place of Muslim worship, serving the large Muslim community of Komotini.
Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque or Bayezid Mosque Didymoteicho, Evros Prefecture completed 1420
Arap Mosque(Drama) Drama ?
Servili Mosque Xanthi 2nd half of the 19th century[1]
Halil Bey Mosque Kavala ≈1530

Central Macedonia

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque or Bayezid Mosque Didymoteicho, Evros Prefecture completed 1420
Mehmet Bey Mosque Serres 1493 Ceased to function as a mosque sometime in the late 19th century. Neglected and unused today
Zincirli Mosque Serres ?
Koca Mustafa Mosque Serres ?
Eski Camii 20120718 Eski Mosque Komotini Thrace Greece Panoramic Komotini 1677-1678
Yeni Camii Komotini 1585
Selvili Mosque Komotini ?
Yunus Bey Mosque Komotini ?
Medrese Mosque Veria BW 2017-10-06 09-54-03 Veroia ?
Orta Mosque Veroia 1490 The mosque was declared a preserved monument in 1938, but has variously been used as a house, a musical instruments workshop and a stonemason’s workshop.
Ahmed Bey Mosque Giannitsa ?
Yeni Cami Εdessa 1904
Hamza Bey Mosque Salonica 1460
Alaca Imaret Mosque/Ishak Pasha Mosque Thessaloniki (10) Salonica 1484 or 1487
Yeni Cami Salonica 1902

Western Macedonia

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Kursum Mosque Kastoria ?


Epirus

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Faik Pasha Mosque Arta ?
Feyzullah Mosque Arta ?
Fethiye Mosque Its Kale, Ioannina 1430
Aslan Pasha Mosque Ioannina 1618 Since 1933 it houses the Municipal Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina
Kaloutsiani's Mosque Ioannina 1740
Veli Pasha Mosque/Tsiekur Mosque Ioannina ?

Thessaly

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Osman Shah Mosque Trikala 1550s The mosque is no longer used for worship; it now functions as a venue for minor events and is a protected UNESCO site.
Yeni Mosque 20111009 Yeni Tzami former seat of the Archeological Museum Larissa Thessaly Greece Larissa 1902 It was used to house the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki in 1925. Today it serves as an exhibition center.
Alaca Imaret Mosque English: Alatza Imaret in Thessaloniki Thessaloniki 1484 or 1487 Today the building is being used for temporary exhibitions, artistic and cultural events. [2]
Hamza Bey Mosque Thessaloniki 15th century Since 1923, the minaret was removed and the building no longer functioned as a mosque. It was taken over by the Greek Ministry of Culture in 2006.
Muharrem Pasha Mosque Elassona 17th/18th century For some time, the building was used to store parts of the Elassona archaeological collection.

Euboea

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Emir Zade Mosque Chalkida ?


Western Greece and Peloponnese

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Fethiye Mosque Nafpaktos 1499 The mosque has been extensively restored and now functions as an exhibition hall.
Aga Pasha Mosque/Trianon Βουλευτικόν, Ναύπλιο 7799 Nafplio ?

Aegean Islands

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Ibrahim Pasha Mosque Rhodes ? The mosque is the only operational mosque in Rhodes of the twelve mosques from the Ottoman era [3]
Murat Reis Mosque Murat Reis Mosque Rhodes ?
Recep Paşa Mosque Rhodes ?
Mustafa Pasha Mosque Rhodes ?
Suleymaniye Mosque RhodosStadtzentrum1 Rhodes 1522 It currently serves as a museum[4]
Mehmet Aga Mosque Rhodos157 Rhodes ?
Osmaniye Mosque Chios 1891 The mosque was officially registered by Greek Ministry of Culture as a cultural landmark on January 21, 1983 and made available for hosting exhibitions and various cultural events.
Mecidiye Mosque Chios ?
Bayrakli Mosque Chios ?
Gazi Hassan Pasha Mosque Gazi Hassan Pasha Mosque Kos ? The mosque is amongst two of the five Ottoman era mosques operational and open for daily prayers in the island of Kos. [3]
Defterdar Mosque Kos DeMos 01 Kos ? The mosque is amongst two of the five Ottoman era mosques operational and open for daily prayers in the island of Kos. [3]
Yeni Mosque Yeni Cami - Lesbos 02 Mytilene, Lesbos 1825
Valide Mosque 20150716 Valide Mosque Epano Skala Mytilene Lesvos Greece Mytilene 1615

Crete

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Kucjk Hassan Mosque or Mosque of the Janissaries Janissaries Mosque, Chania Chania ?
Ierapetra's Mosque Ierapetra R04 Ierapetra ?
Neradje Mosque Νερατζέ τζαμί, Ρέθυμνο 3154 Rethymno ?
Kara Musa Pasha Mosque Rethymno ?
Valide Sultan Mosque Rethymno ?
Veli Pasha Mosque Rethymnon (79) Rethymno ?
Mosque of Sultan Ibrahim A Τέμενος Σουλτάν Ιμπαήμ 3101 Rethymno ?

Attica

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Tzistarakis Mosque Monastiraki, Athens 1759[5] Houses part of the Museum of Greek Folk Art.
Fethiye Mosque Roman Agora, Athens 17th century[6] Repurposed after Greek independence in 1834, it fell into disrepair, but after renovations it was reopened to the public in 2017 and is presently being used for cultural exhibitions.
Votanikos Mosque Athens 2017

See also

References

  1. ^ Σερβιλί Τζαμί
  2. ^ Page 196, Memory and Architecture, Eleni Bastéa,(Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2004).
  3. ^ a b c Pg 124,The Forgotten Turkish Identity Of The Aegean Islands. Prof Mustafa Kaymakçı, Dr Cihan Özgün, Published by Eğitim Yayınevi, 2018
  4. ^ http://www.rhodesguide.org/suleymaniye-mosque/
  5. ^ Τζαμί Τζισταράκη. Archaeology of the City of Athens (in Greek). National Research Foundation. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  6. ^ Θα αποκατασταθεί το Φετιχιέ Τζαμί στη Ρωμαϊκή Αγορά (in Greek). Eleftherotypia. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2014.

Ahmed AMEEN, Islamic Architecture in Greece: Mosques. Foreword: Mostafa El Feki, Center for Islamic Civilization studies, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria 2017. ISBN 978-977-452-434-6

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