List of mosques in Greece

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The construction of mosques in Greece has been documented since the period of the Ottoman Empire in Greece. [1] Most of the mosques listed were built in the late 14th to early 20th centuries, when parts of modern Greece were part of the Ottoman Empire. [2] [3]

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Later several Christian churches throughout Greece were also converted into mosques after the Ottoman conquest, like the Hagios Demetrios church in Thessaloniki. [4] Although gradually Hagios Demetrios was converted back into a church after Greek independence and the annexation of other territories. [5]

East Macedonia and Thrace

NameImageLocationYear/centuryRemarks
Alexandroupolis Mosque Tzami Alexandroupoles.jpg Alexandroupolis Open for worship.
Eski Mosque, Komotini 20120718 Eski Mosque Komotini Thrace Greece Panoramic.jpg Komotini 1608It is currently active as a place of Muslim worship.
Yeni Mosque, Komotini Komotini - Muslim mosque and Christian churce - panoramio.jpg Komotini 1585It is in active service as a place of Muslim worship, serving the large Muslim community of Komotini.
Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque or Bayezid Mosque 20100328 Bayezid Mosque Mehmed I Didymoteicho Evros Greece 1.jpg Didymoteicho, Evros Prefecture completed 1420
Arap Mosque (Drama) Arap Mosque in Drama.jpg Drama  ?
Selvili Mosque Komotini 2nd half of the 19th century [6]
Halil Bey Mosque Halil Bey Mosque, Kavala's sole surving mosque.jpg Kavala ≈1530

Central Macedonia

NameImageLocationYear/centuryRemarks
Zincirli Mosque 20111030 Zinzirli mosque Serres Greece 1.jpg Serres  ?
Koca Mustafa Mosque Serres  ?
Yeni Camii 20120815 Yeni Mosque Clock Tower Komotini West Thrace Greece.jpg Komotini 1585
Selvili Mosque 20120718 Selvili Mosque Minaret Komotini Thrace Greece 1.jpg Komotini  ?
Yunus Bey Mosque Komotini  ?
Medrese Mosque Veria BW 2017-10-06 09-54-03.jpg Veroia  ?
Orta Mosque Beroia Orta Tzami Mosque.jpg Veroia 1490The 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 Yeni cami, Voden.jpg Εdessa 1904
Hamza Bey Mosque Hamza Mosque, Thessaloniki.JPG Salonica 1460
Alaca Imaret Mosque Thessaloniki (10).JPG Salonica 1484 or 1487
Yeni Cami Yeni Mosque, Donmeh Mosque of Salonica.jpg Salonica 1902

Western Macedonia

NameImageLocationYear/centuryRemarks
Kurşun Mosque Kursun Mosque, Kastoria 03.jpg Kastoria  ?

Epirus

NameImageLocationYear/centuryRemarks
Faik Pasha Mosque Arta, Faik P. C. XXXVII-37-1970s.jpg Arta  ?
Feyzullah Mosque Feyzullah-Arta3.JPG Arta  ?
Fethiye Mosque Fethiye Mosque and Ali Pasha's Tomb.jpg Its Kale, Ioannina 1430
Aslan Pasha Mosque Aslan Pasha Ottoman mosque in Ioannina, Greece.jpg Ioannina 1618Since 1933 it houses the Municipal Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina
Kaloutsiani Mosque Kaloutsiani mosque Ioannina.jpg Ioannina 1740
Veli Pasha Mosque/Tsiekur Mosque Veli Pasha mosque Ioannina.jpg Ioannina  ?

Thessaly

NameImageLocationYear/centuryRemarks
Osman Shah Mosque Koursoum Mosque, Trikala.jpg Trikala 1550sThe 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.jpg Larissa 1902It was used to house the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki in 1925. Today it serves as an exhibition center.
Alaca Imaret Mosque Thessaloniki (10).JPG Thessaloniki 1484 or 1487Today the building is being used for temporary exhibitions, artistic and cultural events. [7]
Hamza Bey Mosque Hamza Mosque, Thessaloniki.JPG Thessaloniki 15th centurySince 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.
Elassona Mosque Tzami Elassonas - Othomanike arkhitektonike litoteta.jpg Elassona 17th/18th centuryFor some time, the building was used to store parts of the Elassona archaeological collection.
Bayrakli Mosque, Larissa Bayrakli Mosque, Larissa.jpg Larissa 15th/16th century

Euboea

NameImageLocationYear/centuryRemarks
Emir Zade Mosque Emir Zade Mosque, Ottoman Mosque of Chalkida.jpg Chalkida  ?

Western Greece and Peloponnese

NameImageLocationYear/centuryRemarks
Fethiye Mosque Naupactus.jpg Nafpaktos 1499The mosque has been extensively restored and now functions as an exhibition hall.
Ahmed III Mosque Acrocorinth Ahmed III Mosque South top view.jpg Corinth 1715The mosque mostly stands in ruins.
Aga Pasha Mosque/Trianon Mosque Bouleutikon, Nauplio 7799.jpg Nafplio  ?
Monemvasia Mosque Monemvasia Mosque from NW.jpg Monemvasia  ?

Aegean Islands

NameImageLocationYear/centuryRemarks
Ibrahim Pasha Mosque Ibrahim Pasha Cami, Rhodes 2010 4.jpg Rhodes  ?The mosque is the only operational mosque in Rhodes of the twelve mosques from the Ottoman era [8]
Murat Reis Mosque Murat Reis Mosque.jpg Rhodes  ?
Recep Paşa Mosque Rejep Pasha Mosque (Rhodes).jpg Rhodes  ?
Suleymaniye Mosque RhodosStadtzentrum1.JPG Rhodes 1522It currently serves as a museum [9]
Mehmet Aga Mosque Rhodos157.JPG Rhodes  ?
Osmaniye Mosque Osmaniye Mosque, Chios.jpg Chios 1891The 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 Byzantine Museum, Mecidiye Mosque, Chios, Greece.jpg Chios  ?
Gazi Hasan Pasha Mosque Gazi Hassan Pasha Mosque.jpg Kos  ?The mosque is amongst two of the five Ottoman era mosques operational and open for daily prayers in the island of Kos. [8]
Defterdar Mosque Kos DeMos 01.jpg Kos  ?The mosque is amongst two of the five Ottoman era mosques operational and open for daily prayers in the island of Kos. [8]
Yeni Mosque Yeni Cami - Lesbos 02.jpg Mytilene, Lesbos 1825
Valide Mosque 20150716 Valide Mosque Epano Skala Mytilene Lesvos Greece.jpg Mytilene 1615

Crete

NameImageLocationYear/centuryRemarks
Küçük Hasan Pasha Mosque Janissaries Mosque, Chania.jpg Chania  ?
Ierapetra Mosque Ierapetra R04.jpg Ierapetra  ?
Neradje Mosque Neratze tzami, Rethumno 3154.jpg Rethymno  ?
Kara Musa Pasha Mosque Kara Mustafa Pasos mecete.JPG Rethymno  ?
Veli Pasha Mosque Rethymnon (79).jpg Rethymno  ?

Attica

NameImageLocationYear/centuryRemarks
Tzistarakis Mosque Athen - Alte Moschee am Monastiraki-Platz - im Hintergrund die Akropolis - panoramio.jpg Monastiraki, Athens 1759 [10] Houses part of the Museum of Greek Folk Art.
Fethiye Mosque Phetikhie Tzami, Athena 4250.jpg Roman Agora, Athens 17th century [11] 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 Votanikos mosque.jpg Athens 2020 [12] First purpose-built mosque in Athens after Greek Independence, fully funded by Greece government

See also

References

  1. Skoulariki, Athena. "Old and new mosques in Greece:a new debate haunted by history". academia.edu. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. Canard (1971), pp. 1084–1085
  3. Kazhdan (1991), p. 96
  4. Katsikas, Stefanos (2021). Islam and Nationalism in Modern Greece, 1821-1940. Oxford University Press. p.  13. ISBN   978-0-19-065200-5.
  5. Giuseppe Motta (2013). Less than Nations: Central-Eastern European Minorities after WWI. Vol. 1. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 365. ISBN   9781443854610.
  6. Σερβιλί Τζαμί
  7. Page 196, Memory and Architecture, Eleni Bastéa,(Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2004).
  8. 1 2 3 Pg 124,The Forgotten Turkish Identity Of The Aegean Islands. Prof Mustafa Kaymakçı, Dr Cihan Özgün, Published by Eğitim Yayınevi, 2018
  9. "Suleymaniye Mosque | Rhodes Greece".
  10. Τζαμί Τζισταράκη. Archaeology of the City of Athens (in Greek). National Research Foundation. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  11. Θα αποκατασταθεί το Φετιχιέ Τζαμί στη Ρωμαϊκή Αγορά (in Greek). Eleftherotypia. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  12. Ghazanchyan, Siranush (2020-09-15). "First official mosque to open in Athens in the shadow of Hagia Sophia debates". Public Radio of Armenia . Retrieved 2023-03-03.

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 {{isbn}}: ignored ISBN errors (link)