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| Following the Greco-Turkish population exchange and the departure of Muslims from Crete, Neradje was used as a music school.
| Following the Greco-Turkish population exchange and the departure of Muslims from Crete, Neradje was used as a music school.
| <ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rethymno.gr//city/tzamineratzes/tzami-neratzes.html | title = Τζαμί Νερατζές | website = www.rethymno.gr | publisher = Δήμος Ρεθύμνης | access-date = October 7, 2022}}</ref>
| <ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rethymno.gr//city/tzamineratzes/tzami-neratzes.html | title = Τζαμί Νερατζές | website = www.rethymno.gr | publisher = Δήμος Ρεθύμνης | access-date = October 7, 2022}}</ref>
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| Paleontological Museum of Rethymno
| [[Veli Pasha Mosque (Rethymno)|Veli Pasha Mosque]]
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| [[Rethymno]]
| 1651 ?
| after 1912
| Built very shortly after the fall of Rethymno to the Ottomans, it was heavily damaged during World War II and subsequently restored. Today it houses the Paleontological Museum of Rethymno.
| <ref>{{cite book | first = Elias | last = Kolovos | language = Greek | title = Τα οθωμανικά μνημεία του Ρεθύμνου | trans-title = The Ottoman monuments of Rethymnon | date = December 4, 2008 | access-date = September 11, 2020 | url = https://agonigrammi.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/τα-οθωμανικά-μνημεία-του-ρεθύμνου/}}</ref>
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| [[Saint Titus Cathedral]]
| [[Saint Titus Cathedral]]

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'{{short description|None}} This is a '''list of former mosques in [[Greece]]'''. It lists former [[mosques]] ({{lang-ar|مَسْجِد|masjid}}, {{lang-el|Τζαμί|tzamí}}, {{lang-tr|Camii|cami}}) and places of worship for [[Muslims]] in Greece. It lists some but by no means all of the old historical mosques of Greece. The term '''former mosque''' in this list includes any [[Muslim]] [[mosque]] (building) or site used for Islamic Prayer ([[Salah]]) in Greece but is not so any longer. For currently open, functioning mosques in Greece see [[List of mosques in Greece]]. Mosques have existed within the borders of modern Greece since the era of [[Emirate of Crete]] (824-961). But no mosques of the Emirate remain as they were torn down and remaining Muslims either killed, enslaved or converted to Christianity after the Byzantine reconquest of Crete (961).<ref>Canard (1971), pp. 1084–1085</ref><ref>Kazhdan (1991), p. 96</ref> Therefore currently the oldest mosque in Greece and the entire [[Balkan]] peninsula is believed to be the [[Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque]], the first in [[Didymoteicho]] (Western Thrace) built between 1389-1402.<ref name="intro1">{{cite web |title=Old and new mosques in Greece:a new debate haunted by history |url=https://www.academia.edu/6856228 |website=academia.edu |accessdate=19 September 2020}}</ref> Most of the listed former mosques date from the late 14th century to the early 20th century, when various parts of modern Greece was at some point a part of the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name="intro1" /> Beyond the new mosques built during Ottoman period, several Christian churches throughout Greece were also converted to mosques over time upon conquest, like the church of [[Hagios Demetrios]] in [[Thessalonica]].<ref>{{cite book | title = Islam and Nationalism in Modern Greece, 1821-1940 | first = Stefanos | last = Katsikas | page = [https://books.google.com/books?id=c30_EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA13 13] | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]] | date = 2021 | isbn = 978-0-19-065200-5}}</ref> Those were gradually converted back to churches following Greece's independence and annexation of other regions. Many Ottoman mosques and the other Muslim monuments, especially in southern Greece, were either destroyed during the [[Greek War of Independence]] in the 1820s and successive wars and conflicts. During periods of nationalist uprising and wars against the Ottoman and later the Turkish army, the newly independent Greek nation showed little respect for the monuments of a faith identified with the enemy.<ref name="intro1" /> A number of Ottoman mosques were confiscated and repurposed for use as government offices, churches, and other civilian purposes. Many more mosques in Greece were closed or abandoned due to the 1923 [[Population exchange between Greece and Turkey]]. As a result, 355,000 to 400,000 Muslims left Greece,<ref>{{cite book|page=365|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CWMxBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA365|title=Less than Nations: Central-Eastern European Minorities after WWI|volume= 1|author=Giuseppe Motta| publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|year=2013|isbn=9781443854610}}</ref> most of them forcibly made to leave their lands, livelihoods, and mosques. Many former mosques and other religious buildings also survived in the provinces of Macedonia, Thrace, Crete, and the islands of the Dodecanese which were integrated into the Greek State in the early 20th century. By then there was already a law for the protection of religious buildings of all faiths.<ref name="intro1" /> The surviving former mosques or other religious structures are nowadays protected as monuments.<ref name="intro1" /> A number of them are still used as government buildings and churches, while many others have been restored and used as museums, exhibition, and concerts centers and as tourist attractions.<ref name="intro1" /> == Mosque buildings == ===List of former mosques in [[Attica (region)|Attica]] and [[Central Greece (region)|Central Greece]] === List of former mosques in [[Attica (region)|Attica]] that encompasses the entire metropolitan area of [[Athens]], and the rest of the [[Central Greece (region)|Central Greece]] which encompasses Attica. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Current Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year Opened !Year Closed ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Ref. |- | Emir Zade Museum | [[Emir Zade Mosque]] (Greek: Εμίρ Ζαδέ Τζαμί) | [[File:Emir Zade Mosque 01.jpg|150px]] | [[Chalcis]] | 15th century | 1821 | After the [[Greek War of Independence]] in 1821 it was converted into a barracks, and later it was declared a historical monument. Today it houses part of the medieval archaeological collection of Chalcis. | <ref>{{cite web | url = https://eviaportal.gr/tzami-emir-zade-sti-chalkida/ | website = eviaportal.gr | access-date = October 7, 2022 | title = Τζαμί Εμίρ Ζαδέ στη Χαλκίδα | trans-title = Emir Zade Mosque in Chalcis | date = March 9, 2014}}</ref> |- | [[Fethiye Mosque (Athens)|Fethiye Mosque]] Museum | Fethiye Mosque ([[English language|English]]:''Mosque of the Conquest'', {{lang-el|Φετιχιέ τζαμί}}, {{lang-tr|Fethiye Camii}}), Wheat Market Mosque | [[File:Φετιχιέ_Τζαμί,_Αθήνα_4250.jpg|150px]] | [[Athens]] | 15th Century | 1830 | One of the most important monuments from [[Ottoman Greece]] period still existing in Athens. Reportedly mosque first opened in 15th century on ruins of a Byzantine Christian basilica. Current mosque built in 1668-1670. Mosque was repurposed after 1834 Greek independence and fell into disrepair. Renovated and open to public for cultural exhibitions since 2017. | <ref name="a1">{{cite web |title=Restored Fethiye Mosque opens to visitors in Athens |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/restored-fethiye-mosque-opens-to-visitors-in-athens |website=lonelyplanet.com |accessdate=17 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="a2">{{cite web |title=Historic Ottoman mosques cast light on Greek capital Athens |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2020/02/17/historic-ottoman-mosques-cast-light-on-greek-capital-athens |website=dailysabah.com |accessdate=17 September 2020}}</ref> |- | | [[Gazi Omer Bey Mosque]] | [[File:Τζαμί_Γαζή_Ομέρ_Μπέη,_Λιβαδειά_1803.jpg|150px]] | [[Livadeia]] | Late 15th century | 1830 | After the city was conquered in 1460, Omer Bey had a mosque erected in the bazaar district. Since 2015, the mosque belongs to the municipality of Livadeia, which intends to carry out a restoration project and create a cultural place. | <ref>{{cite web | url = https://dimoslevadeon.gr/aksiotheata/shmeia-endiaferontos/το-τζαμι-γαζι-ομερ-μπεη/ | access-date = November 25, 2022 | language = Greek | date = March 11, 2020 | website = dimoslevadeon.gr | title = Το Τζαμί Γαζί Ομέρ Μπέη | trans-title = Gazi Omer Bey Mosque | author = Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboea}}</ref> |- | Annexe of [[Museum of Greek Folk Art]] | Tzistarakis Mosque ({{lang-tr|Cizderiye Camii}}), 'Mosque of the Lower Fountain’ | [[File:Athens_-_Monastiraki_square_and_station_-_20060508_part.jpg|150px]] | [[Athens]] | 1759 | 1830 | Mosque built by Mustafa Agha Tzisdarakis, the Ottoman governor or commander of Athens Fortress in the heart of town market in Monastiraki Square. After Greece's independence in 1830, mosque was used for various purposes. The state restored it in 1918 and using it as a museum. | <ref name="a1" /><ref name="a2" /> |- | [[Parthenon]] | [[Parthenon mosque]] | [[File:Peytier_-_Mosque_in_the_Parthenon.jpg|150px]] | [[Athens]] | early 18th century | 1843 | After the destruction of the [[Parthenon]], which was already used as a mosque, in [[Siege of the Acropolis (1687)|1687]], a smaller, free-standing mosque was erected inside the ruined shell of the temple. It was itself demolished in 1843, over a decade after Greece had achieved independence. | <ref>{{cite book | author-first = Robert | author-last = Ousterhout | chapter = "Bestride the Very Peak of Heaven": The Parthenon after Antiquity | editor-first = J. | editor-last= Neils | title = The Parthenon: From Antiquity to the Present | publisher = Cambridge | date = 2005 | pages = 322-323}}</ref> |- |} {{Expand list|date=September 2020}} === List of former mosques in [[Central Macedonia]] === List of former mosques in [[Central Macedonia]] administrative region. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Current Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year Opened !Year Closed ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Ref. |- | | [[Alaca Imaret Mosque]] | [[File:Thessaloniki (10).JPG|English: Alatza Imaret in Thessaloniki|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | 1484 or 1487 | | Today the building is being used for temporary exhibitions, artistic and cultural events. | <ref>Page 196, Memory and Architecture, Eleni Bastéa,(Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2004).</ref> |- | | [[Hamza Bey Mosque]] | [[File:Hamza Mosque, Thessaloniki.JPG|150px]] | [[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. | |- | [[Lembet Mosque]] | Ferideh Hanım Mosque | [[File:Lembet_Mosque_2022_02.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | 1903 | 1912 | It was the very last mosque to be opened in [[Thessaloniki]] in 1903, less than a decade before the Ottomans lost the city to the Kingdom of Greece in 1912 during the [[Balkan Wars]]. It was then used by the Greek army for almost a century. Restoration works began in 2011. | <ref>{{cite book | ISBN = 978-618-00-2867-6 | date = 2021 | edition = 2 | language = Greek | title = Το τζαμί της Φεριντέ χανούμ συζύγου Χασάν Φεχμί πασά | last = Hatzitrifon | first = Nikolaos K. | location = [[Thessaloniki]], [[Greece]] | publisher = [[Ministry of Culture and Sports (Greece)]] | url = https://www.openbook.gr/to-tzami-tis-ferinte-chanoym/}}</ref> |- | | [[Mahmud Çelebi Mosque]] | | [[Veria]] | | | Not open for worship. The minaret collapsed in 1940, and only the base remains today. | <ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Marge | first1 = Anastasia I. | last2 = Matskani | first2 = Anna S. | title = Η οθωμανική αρχιτεκτονική στην πόλη της Βέροιας | trans-title = The Ottoman architecture in the city of Veroia | journal = Αρχαιολογία και Τέχνες | number = 105 | year = 2007 | language = Greek | pages = 74 | issn = 1108-2402 }}</ref> |- | | [[Medrese Mosque]] | [[File:Μεντρεσέ Τζαμί 01.jpg|150px]] | [[Veria]] | After 1430 | 1920s | After the Ottoman conquest of the city in 1430, the Ottomans converted the church of [[Saint Paul]] into the Mosque of Musa Çelebi. That building was torn down, and its material was used for the current structure, erected on the same site. It is Veria's best-preserved mosque, but it is not open for worship today. | <ref>{{cite journal | pages = 72-73 | last1 = Marge | first1 = Anastasia I. | last2 = Matskani | first2 = Anna S. | title = Η οθωμανική αρχιτεκτονική στην πόλη της Βέροιας | trans-title = The Ottoman architecture in the city of Veroia | journal = Αρχαιολογία και Τέχνες | number = 105 | year = 2007 | language = Greek | issn = 1108-2402 }}</ref> |- | | [[Mehmet Bey Mosque]] ({{lang-el|Τέμενος Μεχμέτ Μπέη}}) | [[File:20111029 Ahmet Pasha Mosque Mehmet Bey Serres Greece 2.jpg|150px]] | [[Serres]] | 1492-1493 | | Built by Mehmed Bey, son of the grand vizier [[Gedik Ahmed Pasha]] in 1492-1493. The mosque and mausoleum of İsmail Bey was left abandoned and ceased to function as a mosque sometime in the late 19th century due to flooding from the nearby river. Neglected and unused today. |<ref name="a3">{{cite web |title=Mehmed Bey Mosque |url=http://ottoman.mfa.gov.tr/Eser.aspx?g=88ad6ac6-6461-4d60-ab14-de1c59cf735a |website=ottoman.mfa.gov.tr |accessdate=17 September 2020}}</ref> |- | | [[Orta Mosque, Veria|Orta Mosque]] | [[File:Beroia_Orta_Tzami_Mosque.jpg|150px]] | [[Veria]] | Late 15th century | After 1923 | Orta Mosque, or "middle mosque" was built in the centre of the town. 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.. Now it lies abandoned in ruins, with plant life growing all over it. | |- | Yeni Mosque Museum | [[Yeni Mosque, Edessa|Yeni Mosque]] | [[File:Yeni_cami,_Voden.jpg|150px]] | [[Edessa, Greece|Edessa]] | Mid 17th century | 1920s | The mosque was mentioned by Ottoman traveller [[Evliya Çelebi]], and it is Edessa's sole surviving mosque. The mosque was made into a museum in 1942, and it is open to visitors today. | <ref>{{cite web | author = Georgios Stalidis | access-date = October 6, 2022 | website = odysseus.culture.gr | url = http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=24784 | trans-title = New Mosque | title = Γενί Τζαμί | language = Greek | publisher = [[Ministry of Culture and Sports (Greece)]]}}</ref> |- | | [[Yeni Mosque, Thessaloniki|Yeni Mosque]] | [[File:Γενι_Τζαμι_πρωην_Αρχαιολογικο_μουσειο.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | 1902 | 1925 | Yeni Mosque was built by Italian architect Vitaliano Poselli in 1902. After the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, it was used to house the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki in 1925. Today it serves as an exhibition center. | <ref>[http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/271 The Dönmeh: the Judeo-Islamic Mystery of Thessaloniki] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013033835/http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/271 |date=2010-10-13 }}, Albena Shkodrova, Balkan Travellers.com</ref> |- | | [[Zincirli Mosque, Serres|Zincirli Mosque]] | [[File:Ζινζιρλι_τζαμί_σερρών_λεπτομέρεια.jpg|150px]] | [[Serres]] | Late 16th century | Mid 1920s | The architecture and layout of the building are typical of the late 16th century, following the school of [[Mimar Sinan]]. The mosque underwent restoration works in 2000, but it is not open for worship. | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=5902 | title = Ζινζιρλί Tζαμί: Περιγραφή | language = el | publisher = [[Hellenic Ministry of Culture]] | last = Dadaki | first = Spyridoula | access-date = 2 December 2018 | trans-title = Description of Zincirli Mosque}}</ref> |- |} {{Expand list|date=September 2020}} === List of former mosques in [[Crete]] === List of former mosques in [[Crete]], the largest and most populous of the [[Greek islands]]. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Current Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year Opened !Year Closed ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Ref. |- | [[Ierapetra Mosque]] | | [[File:Τζαμί Ιεράπετρας 1371.jpg|150px]] | [[Ierapetra]] | 1891 | | It was probably erected around 1891-1892, perhaps on the site of a previous mosque or a church. | <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.ierapetra.gr/index.php/el/history-culture/modern-period/90-tzami-ierapetras | website = ierapetra.gr | language = Greek | access-date = November 10, 2022 | title = Τζαμί Ιεράπετρας | trans-title = Mosque of Ierapetra}}</ref> |- | | [[Kara Musa Pasha Mosque]] | [[File:Kara_Mustafa_Pašos_mečetė.JPG|150px]] | [[Rethymno]] | 1660s-1680s | 1920s | Converted from an old Venetian monastery, it has been restored and will probably open as a museum of Ottoman Cretan architecture. | |- | [[Küçük Hasan Pasha Mosque]] | English: Mosque of the Janissaries, Greek: Gialisi Tzami, Turkish: Küçük Hasan Pasha Camii | [[File:Janissaries Mosque, Chania.jpg|Janissaries Mosque, Chania|150px]] | [[Chania]] | 1645 | | Best preserved former mosque in Chania city. Built by Ottomans honoring Kucuk Hasan Pasha. Presumed to be built on a preexisting Christian temple. The mosque has a large semispherical dome supported by stone arches. The north and west sides house a gallery that is crowned by six small domes. The gallery used to be open, as used in the mosques but was enclosed with arched openings in the late 19th century. |{{cn|date=December 2022}} |- | [[Neradje Mosque]] | Narenciye Camii | [[File:Νερατζέ_τζαμί,_Ρέθυμνο_1575.jpg|150px]] | [[Rethymno]] | 1890 | 1924 | Following the Greco-Turkish population exchange and the departure of Muslims from Crete, Neradje was used as a music school. | <ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rethymno.gr//city/tzamineratzes/tzami-neratzes.html | title = Τζαμί Νερατζές | website = www.rethymno.gr | publisher = Δήμος Ρεθύμνης | access-date = October 7, 2022}}</ref> |- | [[Saint Titus Cathedral]] | Yeni Mosque | [[File:Ναός_Αγίου_Τίτου_8173.jpg|150px]] | [[Heraklion]] | 1869 | 1925 | The original building was a converted church which was destroyed. The current building was erected as a mosque in 1869, and converted into a church in 1925. | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.agiostitos.gr/main.php?file=08 | title = Ιερός Ναός του Αγίου Τίτου | publisher = Ιερός Ναός του Αγίου Τίτου | access-date = June 2, 2016 | author = Νίκη Κριτσωτάκη}}</ref> |- |} {{Expand list|date=September 2020}} === List of former mosques in [[Eastern Macedonia and Thrace]] === List of former mosques in [[Eastern Macedonia and Thrace]] administrative region. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Current Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year Opened !Year Closed ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Ref. |- | | [[Arap Mosque (Drama)|Arap Mosque]] | [[File:Arap_Mosque_in_Drama.jpg|150px]] | [[Drama, Greece|Drama]] | 1850-1875 | after 1923 | It was left neglected and abandoned for close one hundred years, during which time it was entirely engulfed by other buildings, before restoration works began in 2021. | <ref>{{cite web | url = https://visit-drama.com/place/mousoulmanika-temeni-dramas/ | website = visit-drama.com | language = Greek | access-date = November 23, 2022 | title = Μουσουλμανικά τεμένη Δράμας | trans-title = Muslim Mosques of Drama}}</ref> |- | Bayezid Mosque | [[Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque]] | [[File:20100328_Bayezid_Mosque_Mehmed_I_Didymoteicho_Evros_Greece_1.jpg|150px]] | [[Didymoteicho]] | 1420 | 1920 | The mosque is considered by Greek government officials one of the most important Muslim monuments in Greece, as it is the oldest mosque on Greek soil, and perhaps the oldest in the Balkans as well. It no longer functions as a mosque, but it is under extensive restoration work. | <ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.ethnos.gr/article.asp?catid=11380&subid=2&pubid=43518949 | last = Kotti | first = Angeliki | date = 26 November 2010 | title = Εργα αποκατάστασης στο τέμενος Βαγιαζήτ | language = Greek | publisher = [[To Ethnos]] | accessdate = 9 August 2013}}</ref> |- | | [[Halil Bey Mosque]] | [[File:Halil_Bey_mosque_Kavala.jpg|150px]] | [[Kavala]] | 1530s | 1923 | Following the departure of Kavala's Muslims, it was used as a music school and thus dubbed "Music Mosque" or "Old Music". Now functions as a museum. | <ref name=":02">{{cite web | url = https://www.kavalagreece.gr/tourismos/touristikes-plirofories/aksiotheata/sugkrotima-xalil-mpei/ | access-date = November 10, 2022 | language = Greek | website = kavalagreece.gr | title = Τζαμί Χαλίλ Μπέη (Παλιά Μουσική) | trans-title = Halil Bey Mosque (Old Music)}}</ref> |- | [[Saint Nicholas church, Kavala|Saint Nicholas]] | Ibrahim Pasha Mosque | [[File:20120726_Agios_Nikolaos_former_Ibrahim_Pasa_Ottoman_Mosque_Kavala_Greece.jpg|150px]] | [[Kavala]] | 1530 | 1920s | Once the largest mosque in the town of Kavala, in the early 1920s it was converted into a church and now serves the Christian population. | <ref>{{Cite web | author = Λωλίδης Βασίλης | date = 17 August 2017 | title = Ανακαλύπτοντας την ιστορία της Καβάλας | language = Greek | trans-title = Discovering the History of Kavala | website = amna.gr | url = http://www.amna.gr/macedonia/article/179560/Anakaluptontas-tin-istoria-tis-Kabalas | access-date = December 1, 2017 | publisher = ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ}}</ref> |- | | [[Imaret (Kavala)#Muhammad Ali Pasha Mosque|Muhammad Ali Pasha Mosque]] | [[File:ΙΜΑΡΕΤ_ΚΑΒΑΛΑΣ.jpg|150px]] | [[Kavala]] | 1813 | 1923 | Mosque part of the [[Imaret (Kavala)|Imaret]] complex in Kavala built by and named in honour of [[Muhammad Ali Pasha]], a Kavala native. The imaret now works as a hotel. | |- | | [[Selvili Mosque, Komotini|Selvili Mosque]] | [[File:20120718_Selvili_Mosque_Minaret_Komotini_Thrace_Greece_1.jpg|150px]] | [[Komotini]] | | | Only the half-destroyed minaret remains of the structure, the actual mosque having been long demolished. | <ref>{{Cite web |date = 2009-07-10 | title = Mosques in Western Thrace | url = http://www.osce.org/odihr/38055 | access-date = 2012-07-17 | website = Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association | publisher = Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe | page = 8}}</ref> |- | | [[Yunus Bey Mosque]] | [[File:20120717_Yunus_Bey_Mosque_ruins_Nea_Mosynoupoli_Komotini_Thrace_Greece_Panoramic.jpg|150px]] | [[Komotini]] | Unknown | | It is not clear when this mosque was built. It is mostly in a ruinous state, with no roof or doors. It is used as a playground for children. | <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.abttf.org/bati-trakya.php?id=61&lang=gr | access-date = November 27, 2022 | language = Greek | website = abttf.org | title = Ιστορικά και Αρχιτεκτονικά Μνημεία | trans-title = Historical and Architectural Monuments | author = European Federation of Western Thrace Turks}}</ref> |- |} {{Expand list|date=November 2022}} === List of former mosques in [[Epirus (region)|Epirus]] === List of former mosques in [[Epirus (region)]] in northwestern Greece. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Current Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year Opened !Year Closed ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Ref. |- | Aslan Pasha Mosque - Municipal Museum | [[Aslan Pasha Mosque]], {{lang-el|τζαμί Ασλάν Πασά}}) | [[File:Aslan Pasha Ottoman mosque in Ioannina, Greece.jpg|150px]] | [[Ioannina]] | 1618 | | The core of a large Islamic religious-educational complex. Only the mosque, Mendreses (Seminary), Homonym Tourbes (mausoleum), and Mageiria (hearth and home) survive today. Mosque interior is preserved with beautiful [[Minbar]] (pulpit) and [[Mihrab]] (prayer niche). The museum collection includes artifacts from the era of Ali Pasha, bronze objects, and Islamic books. | <ref name="a12">{{cite web |title=Aslan Pasha Mosque - Municipal Museum |url=https://www.travelioannina.com/node/65 |website=travelioannina.com |accessdate=19 September 2020}}</ref> |- | | [[Faik Pasha Mosque]] | [[File:Imaret.jpg|150px]] | [[Arta, Greece|Arta]] | Mid or late 15th century | 1881 | It was probably erected on the site of a previous Byzantine church. After Arta's annexation in 1881, it briefly functioned as a church dedicated to Saint John the Russian. It was declared a preserved monument in 1938 and now is under repair works. It is not open for worship. | |- | | [[Fethiye Mosque (Ioannina)|Fethiye Mosque]] | [[File:Janina_Mosque.jpg|150px]] | [[Ioannina]] | 1611 | | The original mosque was built in 1430, on the site of a church. It was extensively remodelled in 1795 by [[Ali Pasha of Ioannina]], who made it the main mosque of his palace. The graves of Ali's family and of Ali himself are located before the mosque. | <ref>{{Cite book | last1 =Ioannides | first1 = Marinos | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Kz8pEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Fethiye+Mosque%22+Ioannina+-wikipedia&pg=PA80 | title = Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection: 8th International Conference, EuroMed 2020, Virtual Event, November 2–5, 2020, Revised Selected Papers | last2 = Fink | first2 = Eleanor | last3 = Cantoni | first3 = Lorenzo | last4 = Champion | first4 = Erik | date=2021-04-13 | publisher=Springer Nature | isbn = 978-3-030-73043-7 |language=en}}</ref> |- | | [[Feyzullah Mosque]] | [[File:Feyzullah-Arta3.JPG|150px]] | [[Arta, Greece|Arta]] | 15th century (?) | | One of the two surviving mosques in Arta, it was named after its founder, Feyzullah. Although it was declared a preserved archaeological site, it mostly lies in ruins, abandoned and neglected. | <ref>{{cite thesis | url = https://docplayer.gr/10884867-Imaret-sti-skia-toy-rologioy-imaret-feyzoyl-eparmineyontas-ta-temeni-tis-artas.html | title = Ιμαρέτ. Στη σκιά του ρολογιού. Ιμαρέτ-Φεϋζούλ: Επαρμηνεύοντας τα τεμένη της Άρτας | type = Diploma thesis | author = Evangelos Kotogiannis | location = Athens | year = 2014 | page = 36 | language = Greek | trans-title = Imaret. In the shadow of the clock. Imaret-Feyzullah: Interpreting the mosques of Arta}}</ref> |- | [[Kaloutsiani Mosque]] | Kanlı Çeşme Camii | [[File:Kaloutsiani_mosque_Ioannina.jpg|150px]] | [[Ioannina]] | 1740 | 1913 | It was built on the site of an earlier mosque. After Ioannina's annexation by Greece in 1913, it was closed as a mosque and used for a plethora of other purposes. It is currently undergoing renovation works. | <ref>{{cite web | language = Greek | author = [[Ministry of Culture and Sports (Greece)|Ministry of Culture and Sports]] | title = Τζαμί Καλούτσιανης | trans-title = Mosque of Kaloutsiani | url = http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=18941 | website = www.odysseus.culture.gr | access-date = 2022-03-14}}</ref> |- | [[Rokka Mosque]] | | [[File:Piri_Reis_-_Arta,_Greece.jpg|150px]] | [[Arta, Greece|Arta]] | 15th century? | after 1912 | One of the eight mosques in and around Arta, like most of them it was completely demolished and no trace of it survives today. | <ref name=":arta"/> |- | | [[Sultan Mehmed Mosque, Arta|Sultan Mehmed Mosque]] | [[File:Sultan_Mehmed_mosque,_Arta,_Epirus,_Greece.jpg|150px]] | [[Arta, Greece|Arta]] | 15th century? | Around 1881 | Built on one of the most prominent locations of Arta, Sultan Mehmed Mosque no longer survives as it was destroyed shortly after Arta's liberation in 1881, one of the six mosques in Arta that were demolished. | <ref name=":arta">{{cite book | last = Xenopoulos | first = Serapheim | title = Δοκίμιον ιστορικής τινος περιλήψεως τής ποτε αρχαίας και εγκρίτου Ηπειρωτικής πόλεως Άρτης και της ωσαύτως νεωτέρας πόλεως Πρεβέζης / Συλλεγέν και συνταχθέν υπό του μητροπολίτου Άρτης Σεραφείμ του Βυζαντίου | trans-title = A historical essay summarizing the once ancient and prominent Epirotan town of Arta and also the newer town of Preveza / Collected and compiled by the Metropolitan of Arta Serapheim of Byzantium | location = Athens | date = 1884}}</ref> |- | | [[Veli Pasha Mosque (Ioannina)|Veli Pasha Mosque]] | [[File:Veli_Pasha_mosque_Ioannina.jpg|150px]] | [[Ioannina]] | 16th century | 1913 | Originally built by [[Veli Pasha]] of Ioannina on the site of a Byzantine church dedicated to Saint Stephen. Shortly after Greece's annexation of Ioannina in 1913, it was converted into a barracks. Today it houses the National Defense Museum of Ioannina | <ref>{{cite web | author = Ministry of Culture and Sports | language = Greek | title = Το τζαμί του Βελή πασά | url = http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=18942 | trans-title = Mosque of Veli Pasha | website = www.odysseus.culture.gr | access-date = March 14, 2022}}</ref> |- |} {{Expand list|date=September 2020}} === List of former mosques in the [[North Aegean|North]] and [[South Aegean]] === List of former mosques located in the [[Aegean Islands]], the group of islands in the [[Aegean Sea]] between mainland [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]], split between the [[North Aegean]] and [[South Aegean]] administrative regions. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Current Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year Opened !Year Closed ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Ref. |- | [[Kastellorizo Folk Art Museum]] | Kavos Mosque | [[File:Castelloroso-max.jpg|150px]] | [[Kastellorizo]] | 1775 | 1948 | Originally built on the site of a Christian church, since 2007 it houses the Historical Collection of Kastellorizo, encompassing of several photographic and document material. | <ref>{{cite book | first = Eleni | last = Papavassilíou | chapter = Mosque | editor = Erse Brouskari | title = Ottoman architecture in Greece | location = [[Athens]] | publisher = [[Ministry of Culture and Sports (Greece)|Ministry of Culture and Sports]] | date = 2008 | isbn = 9789602147931 | page = 392}}</ref> |- | [[Chios Byzantine Museum]] | Mecidiye Mosque | [[File:Chios_Byzantine_Museum,_Mecidiye_Mosque,_Chios,_Greece.jpg|150px]] | [[Chios (town)|Chios]] | 19th century | After 1923 | The mosque served the Turkish community of the island of [[Chios]] before they were forced to leave during the population exchange. During the years 2006 to 2010 the museum underwent repair work, so it remained closed. The museum houses Christian and Byzantine sculptures in its yard, as well as exhibits from the Genoese and Ottoman periods. | <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.chioslife.gr/en/sightseeing/byzantine-museum-chios | title = Byzantinine Museum of Chios | access-date = October 6, 2022 | website = chioslife.gr}}</ref> |- | | [[Mehmet Aga Mosque]] | [[File:Rhodos157.JPG|150px]] | [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]] | 1819 | Mid 20th century | Built on one of the busiest streets of Rhodes. Remodelled and renovated several time since its erection, not open for worship. | <ref name=":panag"/> |- | | [[Osmaniye Mosque]] | [[File:Osmaniye Mosque, Chios.jpg|150px]] | [[Chios (town)|Chios]] | 1892 | 1923 | The mosque was officially registered by Greek Ministry of Culture as a cultural landmark on January 21, 1983. In 1997, the mosque was repaired and renovated by the Greek government and made available for hosting exhibitions and various cultural events. | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=1759 | publisher = [[Greek Ministry of Culture]] | title = Osmaniye Mosque Description | accessdate = 7 July 2016}}</ref> |- | | [[Recep Pasha Mosque]] | [[File:Rejep_Pasha_Mosque_(Rhodes).jpg|150px]] | [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]] | 1588 | | It has been left neglected in a ruinous state, as part after part collapsed, due to lack of funds. The portico and the minaret no longer survive. | |- | Suleymaniye Museum | [[Suleymaniye Mosque (Rhodes)|Suleymaniye Mosque]] | [[File:The Mosque of Suleiman (view from below). Rhodes cityscape, the island of Rhodes, the Dodecanese, Greece.jpg|150px]] | [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]] | 1808 | | Built on the site of an older mosque. It currently functions as a museum. | <ref name=":panag">{{cite journal | last1 = Panagiotidi | first1 = Maria | last2 = Kalopisi | first2 = Sophia | first3 = Stavros| last3= Mamaloukos | date = 2010 | title = Τα οθωμανικά τεμένη στην παλαιά πόλη της Ρόδου: Σουλτάν Σουλεϊμάν τζαμί, Μουράντ Ρέις τζαμί, Σουλτάν Μουσταφά τζαμί, Μεχμέτ Αγά τζαμί | trans-title = The ottoman mosques in the old town of Rhodes island: Sultan Suleiman mosque, Murad Reis mosque, Sultan Mustafa mosque, Mehmet Aga mosque | url = https://thesis.ekt.gr/thesisBookReader/id/25418?lang=el#page/1/mode/2up | pages= 23-25 | doi = 10.12681/eadd/25418 | access-date = November 23, 2022}}</ref> |- | Valide Mosque | (Greek: Βαλιντέ Τζαμί) | [[File:20150716 Valide Mosque Epano Skala Mytilene Lesvos Greece.jpg|150px]] | [[Mytilene]] | 1615 | | Located in Epano Skala which was a predominantly Turkish section within the port city of Mytilene, the capital of Lesbos Island. The mosque is a stone-built, one-story building with a marble staircase. Features a stone-paved front yard with a fountain embellished with engraved arabesques. The interior roof of the mosque used to be colorfully painted but the roof was painted brown after the Turks left the city. | <ref>{{cite web | title = Lesvos Valide Mosque | url=https://www.greeka.com/eastern-aegean/lesvos/sightseeing/valide-mosque/ | website=greeka.com | accessdate = 19 September 2020}}</ref> |- | | [[Yeni Mosque, Mytilene|Yeni Mosque]] | [[File:Yeni Cami, Mytilini.JPG|150px]] | [[Mytilene]] | c. 1825 | after 1923 | Located in Epano Skala like Valide Mosque, which was a predominantly Turkish section within the port city of Mytilene, the capital of [[Lesbos]] Island. After the population exchange, the Turkish community of Lesbos departed. The mosque was restored in 2011. | |- |} {{Expand list|date=September 2020}} === List of former mosques in [[Thessaly]] === List of former mosques in [[Thessaly]] administrative region near central Greece. The region was under the Ottoman controls for four and a half centuries, until 1881. As such many former mosques still remain intact. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Current Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year Opened !Year Closed ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Ref. |- | | [[Bayrakli Mosque, Larissa|Bayrakli Mosque]] | [[File:Bayrakli_Mosque,_Larissa.jpg|150px]] | [[Larissa]] | 15-16th Century | Late 19th century | The mosque is situated in the centre of the city. It means "mosque of the flag-bearer", apparently derived from the fact that its imam used to hoist a flag (''bayrak'') to give the signal for the other mosques to begin the call the faithful to prayer. | <ref name="portal">{{cite web | url = http://culture.larissa-dimos.gr/article.php?article_id=112&topic_id=96&level=3&belongs=11&area_id=1&lang=gr | date = 17 November 2008 | title = Μπαϊρακλί Τζαμί | language = Greek | work = Municipality of Larissa Cultural Portal | publisher = Municipality of Larissa | accessdate = 22 November 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304174736/http://culture.larissa-dimos.gr/article.php?area_id=1&article_id=112&belongs=11&lang=gr&level=3&topic_id=96 | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref> |- | Elassona Mosque | [[Elassona Mosque|Muharrem Pasha Mosque]] | [[File:Τζαμί Ελασσόνας - Οθωμανική αρχιτεκτονική λιτότητα.jpg|150px]] | [[Elassona]] | 17th/18th century | | For some time, the building was used to store parts of the Elassona archaeological collection. | |- | | [[Osman Shah Mosque]]||[[File:Koursoum Mosque, Trikala.jpg|150px]] | [[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. It is the only work of Ottoman imperial architect [[Mimar Sinan]] that lies in modern Greece. | |- | | [[Yeni Mosque, Larissa|Yeni Mosque]] | [[File:20111009 Yeni Tzami former seat of the Archeological Museum Larissa Thessaly Greece.jpg|20111009 Yeni Tzami former seat of the Archeological Museum Larissa Thessaly Greece|150px]] | [[Larissa]] | Before 1881 | After 1924 | Its exact date of construction, as well as its founder, are unknown, but the neoclassical decoration both on the exterior as well as in the interior point to sometime in the 19th century. It was the last of several mosques built in the city under Ottoman rule, whence its name. From the late 1950s until 2011 the building housed the Larissa Archaeological Museum. | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://culture.larissa-dimos.gr/article.php?article_id=114&topic_id=97&level=3&belongs=11&area_id=1&lang=gr | title = Γενί Τζαμί | language = el | work = Municipality of Larissa Cultural Portal | publisher = Municipality of Larissa | access-date = 22 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://larisa.culture.gr/index.php/arxaiologikoi-xoroi-kai-mnimeia/9-uncategorised/78-arxaiologikos-xoros-2 | title = Το Γενί (Νέο) Τζαμί της Λάρισας | language = el | publisher = Larissa Ephorate of Antiquities | access-date = 10 November 2018}}</ref> |- |} === List of former mosques in [[Western Greece]] and [[Peloponnese (region)|Peloponnese]] === List of former mosques in [[Western Greece]] and [[Peloponnese (region)|Peloponnese]] administrative regions. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Current Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year Opened !Year Closed ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Ref. |- | [[Ahmed III Mosque]] | Ahmet Pasha Mosque | [[File:Acrocorinth_Ahmed_III_Mosque_South_top_view.jpg|150px]] | [[Corinth]] | 1715 | 1821 | It was built by Sultan [[Ahmed III]] upon the recapture of Morea, hence the name. Although renovation works have taken place, it is mostly in a very poor condition. | <ref>{{cite web | author = Ephoria of Antiquities of Corinthia | title = Acrocorinth – Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth | url = https://www.corinth-museum.gr/en/archaeological-site/acrocorinth/ | website = www.corinth-museum.gr | access-date = July 29, 2022}}</ref> |- | [[Fethiye Mosque (Nafpaktos)|Fethiye Mosque]] | | [[File:Naupactus.jpg|150px]] | [[Nafpaktos]] | 1499 | | Situated on the waterfront near the eastern side of the port. Built by Ottoman Sultan Beyazid II shortly after the capture of Nafpaktos from the Venetians. Open only for occasional temporary exhibitions. | <ref name="a4">{{cite web |title=Fethiye Mosque (Nafpaktos) |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/greece/nafpaktos/attractions/fethiye-mosque/a/poi-sig/1513733/359486 |website=lonelyplanet.com |accessdate=18 September 2020}}</ref> |- | [[Monemvasia Mosque]] | | [[File:Monemvasia_Mosque_from_NW.jpg|150px]] | [[Monemvasia]] | c. 1541 | 1830 | The mosque was built shortly after the Ottoman conquest of the [[Morea]] in the sixteenth century. Shortly after the [[Greek War of Independence]] in 1921 it was used as a prison, and later as a cafe. Today it functions as a museum and houses the Archaeological Collection of Monemvasia. | |- | Trianon Cinema | [[Trianon Mosque]] | [[File:Τζαμί_Τριανόν_8311.jpg|150px]] | [[Nafplio]] | 1666-7 (?) | 1823 | It is a gray, stone building in the Syntagma Square. During the Greek War of Independence it was used as a school for orphaned children and it was used so for more than half a century. Today it functions as a cinema and an exhibitions hall. | <ref>{{cite journal | first1 = Georgios | last1 = Pantazis | first2 = Evangelia | last2 = Lambrou | title = Investigating the orientation of eleven mosques in Greece | journal = Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage | volume = 12 | number = 2 | date = 2009 | issn = 1440-2807 | url = http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/2009JAHH...12..159P/0000159.000.html |pages=15–166}}</ref> |- | Vouleftikon ([[English language|English]]:Parliament) | [[Aga Pasha Mosque]] | [[File:Βουλευτικόν, Ναύπλιο 7799.jpg|Βουλευτικόν, Ναύπλιο 7799|150px]] | [[Nafplio]] | 1730 | | Mosque built as a gray stone building off the Nafplion Syntagma Square. After Greek take over, it housed the first Greek People's Assembly, which met here for the first time in 1825 and later even as a prison. It's now fully restored but open to the public only for concerts in the former main hall of the mosque. Connected to the mosque in the back is the Medrese (English: [[Madrasa]]) building which used to be a Turkish Islamic religious school. | <ref name="a5">{{cite web |title=A parliament, a recidence and a mosque |url=https://www.visitnafplio.com/buildings.html |website=visitnafplio.com |accessdate=18 September 2020}}</ref> |- |} {{Expand list|date=September 2020}} === List of former mosques in [[Western Macedonia]] === List of former mosques in [[Western Macedonia]] administrative region. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Current Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year Opened !Year Closed ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Ref. |- | [[Kursum Mosque, Kastoria|Kursum Mosque]] | | [[File:Kurşun_Mosque,_Kastoria_03.jpg|150px]] | [[Kastoria]] | 16th century | 1924 | It served the Muslim community for centuries before Kastoria was annexed by Greece. The first library of Kastoria was housed inside the mosque for some years starting in 1925, then it became a warehouse of antiquities for many decades until recently. It is the only mosque of Kastoria that was not demolished, as all the others were. | <ref>{{cite web | website = fouit.gr | date = May 11, 2019 | language = Greek | url = https://fouit.gr/2019/05/11/το-τζαμί-της-καστοριάς-και-η-ιστορία-το/ | access-date = November 5, 2022 | title = Το τζαμί της Καστοριάς και η ιστορία του | trans-title= Kursum Mosque of Kastoria and its history}}</ref> |- |} {{Expand list|date=November 2022}} == Formerly converted non-Islamic buildings == List of former mosques in previously non-Islamic buildings, mostly churches, which have been converted back. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Previous Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year converted !Year reconverted ! class="unsortable" |Notes |- | [[Church of the Acheiropoietos|Acheiropoietos church]] | Eski Cami | [[File:Church of the Acheiropoietos (Thessaloniki) by Joy of Museums.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | 1430 | 1912 | Converted by order of [[Murad II]] himself, who conquered Thessaloniki in 1430. |- | [[Brontochion Monastery]] | | [[File :Mystras,_hodigitria_01.JPG|150px]] | [[Mystras]] | Late 15th century | 1830 | |- | [[Hagia Sophia, Drama|Hagia Sophia]] | Bey Camii | [[File:Saint_Sophia_Church_Drama.jpg|150px]] | [[Drama, Greece|Drama]] | 10th century | 1913 | Originally dedicated to the [[Dormition of the Mother of God]], it was renamed to Hagia Sophia ("holy wisdom") by Greek refugees from Turkey arriving in Drama following the population exchange. |- | [[Hagia Sophia, Mystras|Hagia Sophia]] | Ayasofya Camii | [[File:Church_of_Agia_Sophia_of_Mystras_from_the_west.jpg|150px]] | [[Mystras]] | Late 15th century | 1830 | Originally dedicated to Jesus Christ the Life Giver, was probably renamed after the [[Fall of Constantinople]]. [[World Heritage Site]] along with the rest of Mystras. |- | [[Hagia Sophia, Thessaloniki|Hagia Sophia]] | Ayasofya Camii | [[File: Eglise Sainte-Sophie de Thessalonique.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | 1430 | 1912 | Part of the [[Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki]]. |- | [[Hagios Demetrios]] | Kasımiye Camii | [[File:Базилика_Святого_Димитрия_-_panoramio.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | 1490 | 1912 | Part of the [[Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki]]. Hagios Demetrios is the largest church in Thessaloniki. |- | [[Hagios Spyridon, Rhodes|Hagios Spyridon]] | Kavaklı Camii | [[File:Chiesa_di_Agios_Spyridion,_12°_secolo_-_panoramio.jpg|150px]] | [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]] | after 1522 | mid 1900s | One of the several churches within the medieval town of Rhodes to become a mosque.<ref>{{cite book | first1 = A. | last1 = Anastasiou | first2 = E. | last2 = Syrokou | first3 = S. | last3 = Tapinaki | first4 = A. | last4 = Georgopoulos | chapter = Holistic 3D digital documentation of a byzantine church | title = The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLIII-B2-2020 | publisher = XXIV ISPRS Congress| year = 2020 | url = https://media.proquest.com/media/hms/PFT/1/qMw9H?_s=g8xIOwODUka9tuTVKrhMIdB4%2BHM%3D | pages = 1363–1370}}</ref> |- | [[Church of the Holy Apostles (Thessaloniki)|Holy Apostles]] | Soğuksu Camii | [[File:Ναός Αποστόλων, Θεσσαλονίκη 3711.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | c. 1520–1530 | 1912 | Part of the [[Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki]]. |- | [[Holy Trinity church, Rhodes|Holy Trinity]] | Khan Zade Mascidi | [[File:Rodi,_Agia_Trias_(SS._Trinità)_in_via_dei_Cavalieri_-_panoramio.jpg|150px]] | [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]] | c. 1522 | 1947 | Originally dedicated to [[Archangel Michael]]. |- | [[Church of Hosios David|Hosios David]] | Soluca Camii | [[File:Latomou_Monastery_View.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | after 1430 | 1912 | Part of the [[Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki]]. |- | [[Old Metropolis, Veria]] | Hünkar Camii | [[File:Veria,_Old_Cathedral_1.jpg|150px]] | [[Veria]] | c. 1430 | 1912 | |- | [[Pammegistoi Taxiarches church|Pammegistoi Taxiarches]] | İki Şerefiye Camii | [[File:THES-Taxiarchs.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | after 1430 | 1912 | |- | [[Church of Panagia Chalkeon|Panagia Chalkeon]] | Kazancilar Camii | [[File:Panagia_Chalkeon_in_Thessaloniki.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | 1430 | 1912 | Part of the [[Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki]]. |- | [[Hagia Sophia, Monemvasia|Panagia Hodegetria]] | Fethiye Camii | [[File:Η Αγία Σοφία της Μονεμβασιάς.jpg|150px]] | [[Monemvasia]] | c. 1540 | 1830 | The most prominent church of [[Monemvasia]]. After Greece’s independence, it was renamed to Hagia Sophia. |- | [[Panagia tou Kastrou]] | Enderun Camii | [[File:Panagia_tou_Kastrou_(Rhodes)_(23).jpg|150px]] | [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]] | c. 1522 | c. 1941 | It was also converted into a Roman Catholic church during the middle ages. |- | Pantocrator church | Fethiye Camii | [[File:Old pantocrator church-mosque in patras picture during ottoman rule.jpg|150px]] | [[Patras]] | Late 1500s | 1821 | Today on the site stands the larger new Pantocrator church of Patras.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://explore.patras.gr/listing/ieros-naos-pantokratora/ | website = explore.patras.gr | language = Greek | access-date = December 7, 2022 | title = Ιερός Ναός Παντοκράτορα | trans-title = Holy Church of the Pantocrator}}</ref> |- | [[Parthenon]] | [[Parthenon mosque]] | [[File:Acropolis_s_in_Athene_of_Greece.jpg|150px]] | [[Athens]] | before 15th century | 1830 | Before being converted to a mosque, it had functioned as the church of [[Panagia Atheniotissa]]. After its destruction in 1687, a smaller mosque was erected within the ruined shell. Now an archaeological site, part of the [[Acropolis of Athens]] [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]. |- | [[Church of Prophet Elijah (Thessaloniki)|Prophet Elijah]] | Saraylı Camii | [[File:Thessaloniki, Kirche des Propheten Elias (Ναός Προφήτη Ηλία) (14. Jhdt.) (32892086337).jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | 1430 | 1912 | Part of the [[Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki]]. |- | [[Arch of Galerius and Rotunda|Saint George]] | Suleyman Hortaci Effendi Camii | [[File: Rotunda_of_Galerius_(February_2009).jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | c. 1430 | 1912 | Now the archaeological monument of '''Rotunda of Galerius''', and part of the [[Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki]]. |- | [[Church of Saint Catherine, Thessaloniki|Saint Catherine]] | Yakup Paşa Camii | [[File:Ναός_Αγίας_Αικατερίνης,_Θεσσαλονίκη_1953.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | between 1481–1512 | 1912 | Part of the [[Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki]]. |- | [[Saint Mark's Basilica, Heraklion|Saint Mark]] | Defterdar Ahmet Pasha Mosque | [[File:Βασιλική_του_Αγίου_Μάρκου_9276.jpg|150px]] | [[Heraklion]] | 1669 | 1915 | Originally a Roman Catholic church built during the Venetian rule of the island, it was converted into a mosque upon Ottoman conquest. In 1960 it opened again, but as an art gallery, instead of a church. |- | [[Church of Saint Nicholas, Chania|Saint Nicholas]] | Hünkar Mosque | [[File:St_Nicolaos_of_Splatzia_1.JPG|150px]] | [[Chania]] | 17th century | 1918 | Only church in Greece with both a belltower and a minaret. |- | [[Church of Saint Panteleimon (Thessaloniki)|Saint Panteleimon]] | İshakiye Camii | [[File:Solun.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | 1548 | 1912 | Part of the [[Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki]]. |- | [[Theotokos Kosmosoteira]] | Suleyman Pasha Camii | [[File: Παναγία Κοσμοσώτειρα.jpg|150px]] | [[Feres, Evros|Feres]] | before 1433 | 1920 | |} ==See also== * [[Greek Muslims]] * [[Islam in Greece]] * [[List of mosques in Greece]] * [[List of the oldest mosques in the world]] == References == {{Reflist}} == Sources == * {{EI2 | volume = 3 | title=Iḳrīṭis̲h̲ | first = M. | last = Canard | authorlink = Marius Canard | pages = 1082–1086 | url = http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/ikritish-COM_0358}} * {{ODB | last=Kazhdan | first=Alexander | authorlink=Alexander Kazhdan | article=Anemas | page=96}} {{Mosques in Greece}} [[Category:Former mosques in Greece| ]] [[Category:Islam in Greece]] [[Category:Mosques in Europe]] [[Category:Ottoman mosques in Greece| ]] [[Category:Ottoman Greece]] [[Category:Greek Muslims]] [[Category:Lists of mosques|Greece, former]] [[Category:Mosques in Greece]] [[Category:Lists of religious buildings and structures in Greece|Mosques, former]]'
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'{{short description|None}} This is a '''list of former mosques in [[Greece]]'''. It lists former [[mosques]] ({{lang-ar|مَسْجِد|masjid}}, {{lang-el|Τζαμί|tzamí}}, {{lang-tr|Camii|cami}}) and places of worship for [[Muslims]] in Greece. It lists some but by no means all of the old historical mosques of Greece. The term '''former mosque''' in this list includes any [[Muslim]] [[mosque]] (building) or site used for Islamic Prayer ([[Salah]]) in Greece but is not so any longer. For currently open, functioning mosques in Greece see [[List of mosques in Greece]]. Mosques have existed within the borders of modern Greece since the era of [[Emirate of Crete]] (824-961). But no mosques of the Emirate remain as they were torn down and remaining Muslims either killed, enslaved or converted to Christianity after the Byzantine reconquest of Crete (961).<ref>Canard (1971), pp. 1084–1085</ref><ref>Kazhdan (1991), p. 96</ref> Therefore currently the oldest mosque in Greece and the entire [[Balkan]] peninsula is believed to be the [[Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque]], the first in [[Didymoteicho]] (Western Thrace) built between 1389-1402.<ref name="intro1">{{cite web |title=Old and new mosques in Greece:a new debate haunted by history |url=https://www.academia.edu/6856228 |website=academia.edu |accessdate=19 September 2020}}</ref> Most of the listed former mosques date from the late 14th century to the early 20th century, when various parts of modern Greece was at some point a part of the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name="intro1" /> Beyond the new mosques built during Ottoman period, several Christian churches throughout Greece were also converted to mosques over time upon conquest, like the church of [[Hagios Demetrios]] in [[Thessalonica]].<ref>{{cite book | title = Islam and Nationalism in Modern Greece, 1821-1940 | first = Stefanos | last = Katsikas | page = [https://books.google.com/books?id=c30_EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA13 13] | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]] | date = 2021 | isbn = 978-0-19-065200-5}}</ref> Those were gradually converted back to churches following Greece's independence and annexation of other regions. Many Ottoman mosques and the other Muslim monuments, especially in southern Greece, were either destroyed during the [[Greek War of Independence]] in the 1820s and successive wars and conflicts. During periods of nationalist uprising and wars against the Ottoman and later the Turkish army, the newly independent Greek nation showed little respect for the monuments of a faith identified with the enemy.<ref name="intro1" /> A number of Ottoman mosques were confiscated and repurposed for use as government offices, churches, and other civilian purposes. Many more mosques in Greece were closed or abandoned due to the 1923 [[Population exchange between Greece and Turkey]]. As a result, 355,000 to 400,000 Muslims left Greece,<ref>{{cite book|page=365|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CWMxBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA365|title=Less than Nations: Central-Eastern European Minorities after WWI|volume= 1|author=Giuseppe Motta| publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|year=2013|isbn=9781443854610}}</ref> most of them forcibly made to leave their lands, livelihoods, and mosques. Many former mosques and other religious buildings also survived in the provinces of Macedonia, Thrace, Crete, and the islands of the Dodecanese which were integrated into the Greek State in the early 20th century. By then there was already a law for the protection of religious buildings of all faiths.<ref name="intro1" /> The surviving former mosques or other religious structures are nowadays protected as monuments.<ref name="intro1" /> A number of them are still used as government buildings and churches, while many others have been restored and used as museums, exhibition, and concerts centers and as tourist attractions.<ref name="intro1" /> == Mosque buildings == ===List of former mosques in [[Attica (region)|Attica]] and [[Central Greece (region)|Central Greece]] === List of former mosques in [[Attica (region)|Attica]] that encompasses the entire metropolitan area of [[Athens]], and the rest of the [[Central Greece (region)|Central Greece]] which encompasses Attica. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Current Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year Opened !Year Closed ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Ref. |- | Emir Zade Museum | [[Emir Zade Mosque]] (Greek: Εμίρ Ζαδέ Τζαμί) | [[File:Emir Zade Mosque 01.jpg|150px]] | [[Chalcis]] | 15th century | 1821 | After the [[Greek War of Independence]] in 1821 it was converted into a barracks, and later it was declared a historical monument. Today it houses part of the medieval archaeological collection of Chalcis. | <ref>{{cite web | url = https://eviaportal.gr/tzami-emir-zade-sti-chalkida/ | website = eviaportal.gr | access-date = October 7, 2022 | title = Τζαμί Εμίρ Ζαδέ στη Χαλκίδα | trans-title = Emir Zade Mosque in Chalcis | date = March 9, 2014}}</ref> |- | [[Fethiye Mosque (Athens)|Fethiye Mosque]] Museum | Fethiye Mosque ([[English language|English]]:''Mosque of the Conquest'', {{lang-el|Φετιχιέ τζαμί}}, {{lang-tr|Fethiye Camii}}), Wheat Market Mosque | [[File:Φετιχιέ_Τζαμί,_Αθήνα_4250.jpg|150px]] | [[Athens]] | 15th Century | 1830 | One of the most important monuments from [[Ottoman Greece]] period still existing in Athens. Reportedly mosque first opened in 15th century on ruins of a Byzantine Christian basilica. Current mosque built in 1668-1670. Mosque was repurposed after 1834 Greek independence and fell into disrepair. Renovated and open to public for cultural exhibitions since 2017. | <ref name="a1">{{cite web |title=Restored Fethiye Mosque opens to visitors in Athens |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/restored-fethiye-mosque-opens-to-visitors-in-athens |website=lonelyplanet.com |accessdate=17 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="a2">{{cite web |title=Historic Ottoman mosques cast light on Greek capital Athens |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2020/02/17/historic-ottoman-mosques-cast-light-on-greek-capital-athens |website=dailysabah.com |accessdate=17 September 2020}}</ref> |- | | [[Gazi Omer Bey Mosque]] | [[File:Τζαμί_Γαζή_Ομέρ_Μπέη,_Λιβαδειά_1803.jpg|150px]] | [[Livadeia]] | Late 15th century | 1830 | After the city was conquered in 1460, Omer Bey had a mosque erected in the bazaar district. Since 2015, the mosque belongs to the municipality of Livadeia, which intends to carry out a restoration project and create a cultural place. | <ref>{{cite web | url = https://dimoslevadeon.gr/aksiotheata/shmeia-endiaferontos/το-τζαμι-γαζι-ομερ-μπεη/ | access-date = November 25, 2022 | language = Greek | date = March 11, 2020 | website = dimoslevadeon.gr | title = Το Τζαμί Γαζί Ομέρ Μπέη | trans-title = Gazi Omer Bey Mosque | author = Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboea}}</ref> |- | Annexe of [[Museum of Greek Folk Art]] | Tzistarakis Mosque ({{lang-tr|Cizderiye Camii}}), 'Mosque of the Lower Fountain’ | [[File:Athens_-_Monastiraki_square_and_station_-_20060508_part.jpg|150px]] | [[Athens]] | 1759 | 1830 | Mosque built by Mustafa Agha Tzisdarakis, the Ottoman governor or commander of Athens Fortress in the heart of town market in Monastiraki Square. After Greece's independence in 1830, mosque was used for various purposes. The state restored it in 1918 and using it as a museum. | <ref name="a1" /><ref name="a2" /> |- | [[Parthenon]] | [[Parthenon mosque]] | [[File:Peytier_-_Mosque_in_the_Parthenon.jpg|150px]] | [[Athens]] | early 18th century | 1843 | After the destruction of the [[Parthenon]], which was already used as a mosque, in [[Siege of the Acropolis (1687)|1687]], a smaller, free-standing mosque was erected inside the ruined shell of the temple. It was itself demolished in 1843, over a decade after Greece had achieved independence. | <ref>{{cite book | author-first = Robert | author-last = Ousterhout | chapter = "Bestride the Very Peak of Heaven": The Parthenon after Antiquity | editor-first = J. | editor-last= Neils | title = The Parthenon: From Antiquity to the Present | publisher = Cambridge | date = 2005 | pages = 322-323}}</ref> |- |} {{Expand list|date=September 2020}} === List of former mosques in [[Central Macedonia]] === List of former mosques in [[Central Macedonia]] administrative region. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Current Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year Opened !Year Closed ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Ref. |- | | [[Alaca Imaret Mosque]] | [[File:Thessaloniki (10).JPG|English: Alatza Imaret in Thessaloniki|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | 1484 or 1487 | | Today the building is being used for temporary exhibitions, artistic and cultural events. | <ref>Page 196, Memory and Architecture, Eleni Bastéa,(Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2004).</ref> |- | | [[Hamza Bey Mosque]] | [[File:Hamza Mosque, Thessaloniki.JPG|150px]] | [[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. | |- | [[Lembet Mosque]] | Ferideh Hanım Mosque | [[File:Lembet_Mosque_2022_02.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | 1903 | 1912 | It was the very last mosque to be opened in [[Thessaloniki]] in 1903, less than a decade before the Ottomans lost the city to the Kingdom of Greece in 1912 during the [[Balkan Wars]]. It was then used by the Greek army for almost a century. Restoration works began in 2011. | <ref>{{cite book | ISBN = 978-618-00-2867-6 | date = 2021 | edition = 2 | language = Greek | title = Το τζαμί της Φεριντέ χανούμ συζύγου Χασάν Φεχμί πασά | last = Hatzitrifon | first = Nikolaos K. | location = [[Thessaloniki]], [[Greece]] | publisher = [[Ministry of Culture and Sports (Greece)]] | url = https://www.openbook.gr/to-tzami-tis-ferinte-chanoym/}}</ref> |- | | [[Mahmud Çelebi Mosque]] | | [[Veria]] | | | Not open for worship. The minaret collapsed in 1940, and only the base remains today. | <ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Marge | first1 = Anastasia I. | last2 = Matskani | first2 = Anna S. | title = Η οθωμανική αρχιτεκτονική στην πόλη της Βέροιας | trans-title = The Ottoman architecture in the city of Veroia | journal = Αρχαιολογία και Τέχνες | number = 105 | year = 2007 | language = Greek | pages = 74 | issn = 1108-2402 }}</ref> |- | | [[Medrese Mosque]] | [[File:Μεντρεσέ Τζαμί 01.jpg|150px]] | [[Veria]] | After 1430 | 1920s | After the Ottoman conquest of the city in 1430, the Ottomans converted the church of [[Saint Paul]] into the Mosque of Musa Çelebi. That building was torn down, and its material was used for the current structure, erected on the same site. It is Veria's best-preserved mosque, but it is not open for worship today. | <ref>{{cite journal | pages = 72-73 | last1 = Marge | first1 = Anastasia I. | last2 = Matskani | first2 = Anna S. | title = Η οθωμανική αρχιτεκτονική στην πόλη της Βέροιας | trans-title = The Ottoman architecture in the city of Veroia | journal = Αρχαιολογία και Τέχνες | number = 105 | year = 2007 | language = Greek | issn = 1108-2402 }}</ref> |- | | [[Mehmet Bey Mosque]] ({{lang-el|Τέμενος Μεχμέτ Μπέη}}) | [[File:20111029 Ahmet Pasha Mosque Mehmet Bey Serres Greece 2.jpg|150px]] | [[Serres]] | 1492-1493 | | Built by Mehmed Bey, son of the grand vizier [[Gedik Ahmed Pasha]] in 1492-1493. The mosque and mausoleum of İsmail Bey was left abandoned and ceased to function as a mosque sometime in the late 19th century due to flooding from the nearby river. Neglected and unused today. |<ref name="a3">{{cite web |title=Mehmed Bey Mosque |url=http://ottoman.mfa.gov.tr/Eser.aspx?g=88ad6ac6-6461-4d60-ab14-de1c59cf735a |website=ottoman.mfa.gov.tr |accessdate=17 September 2020}}</ref> |- | | [[Orta Mosque, Veria|Orta Mosque]] | [[File:Beroia_Orta_Tzami_Mosque.jpg|150px]] | [[Veria]] | Late 15th century | After 1923 | Orta Mosque, or "middle mosque" was built in the centre of the town. 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.. Now it lies abandoned in ruins, with plant life growing all over it. | |- | Yeni Mosque Museum | [[Yeni Mosque, Edessa|Yeni Mosque]] | [[File:Yeni_cami,_Voden.jpg|150px]] | [[Edessa, Greece|Edessa]] | Mid 17th century | 1920s | The mosque was mentioned by Ottoman traveller [[Evliya Çelebi]], and it is Edessa's sole surviving mosque. The mosque was made into a museum in 1942, and it is open to visitors today. | <ref>{{cite web | author = Georgios Stalidis | access-date = October 6, 2022 | website = odysseus.culture.gr | url = http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=24784 | trans-title = New Mosque | title = Γενί Τζαμί | language = Greek | publisher = [[Ministry of Culture and Sports (Greece)]]}}</ref> |- | | [[Yeni Mosque, Thessaloniki|Yeni Mosque]] | [[File:Γενι_Τζαμι_πρωην_Αρχαιολογικο_μουσειο.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | 1902 | 1925 | Yeni Mosque was built by Italian architect Vitaliano Poselli in 1902. After the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, it was used to house the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki in 1925. Today it serves as an exhibition center. | <ref>[http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/271 The Dönmeh: the Judeo-Islamic Mystery of Thessaloniki] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013033835/http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/271 |date=2010-10-13 }}, Albena Shkodrova, Balkan Travellers.com</ref> |- | | [[Zincirli Mosque, Serres|Zincirli Mosque]] | [[File:Ζινζιρλι_τζαμί_σερρών_λεπτομέρεια.jpg|150px]] | [[Serres]] | Late 16th century | Mid 1920s | The architecture and layout of the building are typical of the late 16th century, following the school of [[Mimar Sinan]]. The mosque underwent restoration works in 2000, but it is not open for worship. | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=5902 | title = Ζινζιρλί Tζαμί: Περιγραφή | language = el | publisher = [[Hellenic Ministry of Culture]] | last = Dadaki | first = Spyridoula | access-date = 2 December 2018 | trans-title = Description of Zincirli Mosque}}</ref> |- |} {{Expand list|date=September 2020}} === List of former mosques in [[Crete]] === List of former mosques in [[Crete]], the largest and most populous of the [[Greek islands]]. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Current Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year Opened !Year Closed ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Ref. |- | [[Ierapetra Mosque]] | | [[File:Τζαμί Ιεράπετρας 1371.jpg|150px]] | [[Ierapetra]] | 1891 | | It was probably erected around 1891-1892, perhaps on the site of a previous mosque or a church. | <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.ierapetra.gr/index.php/el/history-culture/modern-period/90-tzami-ierapetras | website = ierapetra.gr | language = Greek | access-date = November 10, 2022 | title = Τζαμί Ιεράπετρας | trans-title = Mosque of Ierapetra}}</ref> |- | | [[Kara Musa Pasha Mosque]] | [[File:Kara_Mustafa_Pašos_mečetė.JPG|150px]] | [[Rethymno]] | 1660s-1680s | 1920s | Converted from an old Venetian monastery, it has been restored and will probably open as a museum of Ottoman Cretan architecture. | |- | [[Küçük Hasan Pasha Mosque]] | English: Mosque of the Janissaries, Greek: Gialisi Tzami, Turkish: Küçük Hasan Pasha Camii | [[File:Janissaries Mosque, Chania.jpg|Janissaries Mosque, Chania|150px]] | [[Chania]] | 1645 | | Best preserved former mosque in Chania city. Built by Ottomans honoring Kucuk Hasan Pasha. Presumed to be built on a preexisting Christian temple. The mosque has a large semispherical dome supported by stone arches. The north and west sides house a gallery that is crowned by six small domes. The gallery used to be open, as used in the mosques but was enclosed with arched openings in the late 19th century. |{{cn|date=December 2022}} |- | [[Neradje Mosque]] | Narenciye Camii | [[File:Νερατζέ_τζαμί,_Ρέθυμνο_1575.jpg|150px]] | [[Rethymno]] | 1890 | 1924 | Following the Greco-Turkish population exchange and the departure of Muslims from Crete, Neradje was used as a music school. | <ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rethymno.gr//city/tzamineratzes/tzami-neratzes.html | title = Τζαμί Νερατζές | website = www.rethymno.gr | publisher = Δήμος Ρεθύμνης | access-date = October 7, 2022}}</ref> |- | Paleontological Museum of Rethymno | [[Veli Pasha Mosque (Rethymno)|Veli Pasha Mosque]] | [[File:Rethymnon_(79).jpg|150px]] | [[Rethymno]] | 1651 ? | after 1912 | Built very shortly after the fall of Rethymno to the Ottomans, it was heavily damaged during World War II and subsequently restored. Today it houses the Paleontological Museum of Rethymno. | <ref>{{cite book | first = Elias | last = Kolovos | language = Greek | title = Τα οθωμανικά μνημεία του Ρεθύμνου | trans-title = The Ottoman monuments of Rethymnon | date = December 4, 2008 | access-date = September 11, 2020 | url = https://agonigrammi.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/τα-οθωμανικά-μνημεία-του-ρεθύμνου/}}</ref> |- | [[Saint Titus Cathedral]] | Yeni Mosque | [[File:Ναός_Αγίου_Τίτου_8173.jpg|150px]] | [[Heraklion]] | 1869 | 1925 | The original building was a converted church which was destroyed. The current building was erected as a mosque in 1869, and converted into a church in 1925. | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.agiostitos.gr/main.php?file=08 | title = Ιερός Ναός του Αγίου Τίτου | publisher = Ιερός Ναός του Αγίου Τίτου | access-date = June 2, 2016 | author = Νίκη Κριτσωτάκη}}</ref> |- |} {{Expand list|date=September 2020}} === List of former mosques in [[Eastern Macedonia and Thrace]] === List of former mosques in [[Eastern Macedonia and Thrace]] administrative region. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Current Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year Opened !Year Closed ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Ref. |- | | [[Arap Mosque (Drama)|Arap Mosque]] | [[File:Arap_Mosque_in_Drama.jpg|150px]] | [[Drama, Greece|Drama]] | 1850-1875 | after 1923 | It was left neglected and abandoned for close one hundred years, during which time it was entirely engulfed by other buildings, before restoration works began in 2021. | <ref>{{cite web | url = https://visit-drama.com/place/mousoulmanika-temeni-dramas/ | website = visit-drama.com | language = Greek | access-date = November 23, 2022 | title = Μουσουλμανικά τεμένη Δράμας | trans-title = Muslim Mosques of Drama}}</ref> |- | Bayezid Mosque | [[Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque]] | [[File:20100328_Bayezid_Mosque_Mehmed_I_Didymoteicho_Evros_Greece_1.jpg|150px]] | [[Didymoteicho]] | 1420 | 1920 | The mosque is considered by Greek government officials one of the most important Muslim monuments in Greece, as it is the oldest mosque on Greek soil, and perhaps the oldest in the Balkans as well. It no longer functions as a mosque, but it is under extensive restoration work. | <ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.ethnos.gr/article.asp?catid=11380&subid=2&pubid=43518949 | last = Kotti | first = Angeliki | date = 26 November 2010 | title = Εργα αποκατάστασης στο τέμενος Βαγιαζήτ | language = Greek | publisher = [[To Ethnos]] | accessdate = 9 August 2013}}</ref> |- | | [[Halil Bey Mosque]] | [[File:Halil_Bey_mosque_Kavala.jpg|150px]] | [[Kavala]] | 1530s | 1923 | Following the departure of Kavala's Muslims, it was used as a music school and thus dubbed "Music Mosque" or "Old Music". Now functions as a museum. | <ref name=":02">{{cite web | url = https://www.kavalagreece.gr/tourismos/touristikes-plirofories/aksiotheata/sugkrotima-xalil-mpei/ | access-date = November 10, 2022 | language = Greek | website = kavalagreece.gr | title = Τζαμί Χαλίλ Μπέη (Παλιά Μουσική) | trans-title = Halil Bey Mosque (Old Music)}}</ref> |- | [[Saint Nicholas church, Kavala|Saint Nicholas]] | Ibrahim Pasha Mosque | [[File:20120726_Agios_Nikolaos_former_Ibrahim_Pasa_Ottoman_Mosque_Kavala_Greece.jpg|150px]] | [[Kavala]] | 1530 | 1920s | Once the largest mosque in the town of Kavala, in the early 1920s it was converted into a church and now serves the Christian population. | <ref>{{Cite web | author = Λωλίδης Βασίλης | date = 17 August 2017 | title = Ανακαλύπτοντας την ιστορία της Καβάλας | language = Greek | trans-title = Discovering the History of Kavala | website = amna.gr | url = http://www.amna.gr/macedonia/article/179560/Anakaluptontas-tin-istoria-tis-Kabalas | access-date = December 1, 2017 | publisher = ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ}}</ref> |- | | [[Imaret (Kavala)#Muhammad Ali Pasha Mosque|Muhammad Ali Pasha Mosque]] | [[File:ΙΜΑΡΕΤ_ΚΑΒΑΛΑΣ.jpg|150px]] | [[Kavala]] | 1813 | 1923 | Mosque part of the [[Imaret (Kavala)|Imaret]] complex in Kavala built by and named in honour of [[Muhammad Ali Pasha]], a Kavala native. The imaret now works as a hotel. | |- | | [[Selvili Mosque, Komotini|Selvili Mosque]] | [[File:20120718_Selvili_Mosque_Minaret_Komotini_Thrace_Greece_1.jpg|150px]] | [[Komotini]] | | | Only the half-destroyed minaret remains of the structure, the actual mosque having been long demolished. | <ref>{{Cite web |date = 2009-07-10 | title = Mosques in Western Thrace | url = http://www.osce.org/odihr/38055 | access-date = 2012-07-17 | website = Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association | publisher = Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe | page = 8}}</ref> |- | | [[Yunus Bey Mosque]] | [[File:20120717_Yunus_Bey_Mosque_ruins_Nea_Mosynoupoli_Komotini_Thrace_Greece_Panoramic.jpg|150px]] | [[Komotini]] | Unknown | | It is not clear when this mosque was built. It is mostly in a ruinous state, with no roof or doors. It is used as a playground for children. | <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.abttf.org/bati-trakya.php?id=61&lang=gr | access-date = November 27, 2022 | language = Greek | website = abttf.org | title = Ιστορικά και Αρχιτεκτονικά Μνημεία | trans-title = Historical and Architectural Monuments | author = European Federation of Western Thrace Turks}}</ref> |- |} {{Expand list|date=November 2022}} === List of former mosques in [[Epirus (region)|Epirus]] === List of former mosques in [[Epirus (region)]] in northwestern Greece. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Current Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year Opened !Year Closed ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Ref. |- | Aslan Pasha Mosque - Municipal Museum | [[Aslan Pasha Mosque]], {{lang-el|τζαμί Ασλάν Πασά}}) | [[File:Aslan Pasha Ottoman mosque in Ioannina, Greece.jpg|150px]] | [[Ioannina]] | 1618 | | The core of a large Islamic religious-educational complex. Only the mosque, Mendreses (Seminary), Homonym Tourbes (mausoleum), and Mageiria (hearth and home) survive today. Mosque interior is preserved with beautiful [[Minbar]] (pulpit) and [[Mihrab]] (prayer niche). The museum collection includes artifacts from the era of Ali Pasha, bronze objects, and Islamic books. | <ref name="a12">{{cite web |title=Aslan Pasha Mosque - Municipal Museum |url=https://www.travelioannina.com/node/65 |website=travelioannina.com |accessdate=19 September 2020}}</ref> |- | | [[Faik Pasha Mosque]] | [[File:Imaret.jpg|150px]] | [[Arta, Greece|Arta]] | Mid or late 15th century | 1881 | It was probably erected on the site of a previous Byzantine church. After Arta's annexation in 1881, it briefly functioned as a church dedicated to Saint John the Russian. It was declared a preserved monument in 1938 and now is under repair works. It is not open for worship. | |- | | [[Fethiye Mosque (Ioannina)|Fethiye Mosque]] | [[File:Janina_Mosque.jpg|150px]] | [[Ioannina]] | 1611 | | The original mosque was built in 1430, on the site of a church. It was extensively remodelled in 1795 by [[Ali Pasha of Ioannina]], who made it the main mosque of his palace. The graves of Ali's family and of Ali himself are located before the mosque. | <ref>{{Cite book | last1 =Ioannides | first1 = Marinos | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Kz8pEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Fethiye+Mosque%22+Ioannina+-wikipedia&pg=PA80 | title = Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection: 8th International Conference, EuroMed 2020, Virtual Event, November 2–5, 2020, Revised Selected Papers | last2 = Fink | first2 = Eleanor | last3 = Cantoni | first3 = Lorenzo | last4 = Champion | first4 = Erik | date=2021-04-13 | publisher=Springer Nature | isbn = 978-3-030-73043-7 |language=en}}</ref> |- | | [[Feyzullah Mosque]] | [[File:Feyzullah-Arta3.JPG|150px]] | [[Arta, Greece|Arta]] | 15th century (?) | | One of the two surviving mosques in Arta, it was named after its founder, Feyzullah. Although it was declared a preserved archaeological site, it mostly lies in ruins, abandoned and neglected. | <ref>{{cite thesis | url = https://docplayer.gr/10884867-Imaret-sti-skia-toy-rologioy-imaret-feyzoyl-eparmineyontas-ta-temeni-tis-artas.html | title = Ιμαρέτ. Στη σκιά του ρολογιού. Ιμαρέτ-Φεϋζούλ: Επαρμηνεύοντας τα τεμένη της Άρτας | type = Diploma thesis | author = Evangelos Kotogiannis | location = Athens | year = 2014 | page = 36 | language = Greek | trans-title = Imaret. In the shadow of the clock. Imaret-Feyzullah: Interpreting the mosques of Arta}}</ref> |- | [[Kaloutsiani Mosque]] | Kanlı Çeşme Camii | [[File:Kaloutsiani_mosque_Ioannina.jpg|150px]] | [[Ioannina]] | 1740 | 1913 | It was built on the site of an earlier mosque. After Ioannina's annexation by Greece in 1913, it was closed as a mosque and used for a plethora of other purposes. It is currently undergoing renovation works. | <ref>{{cite web | language = Greek | author = [[Ministry of Culture and Sports (Greece)|Ministry of Culture and Sports]] | title = Τζαμί Καλούτσιανης | trans-title = Mosque of Kaloutsiani | url = http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=18941 | website = www.odysseus.culture.gr | access-date = 2022-03-14}}</ref> |- | [[Rokka Mosque]] | | [[File:Piri_Reis_-_Arta,_Greece.jpg|150px]] | [[Arta, Greece|Arta]] | 15th century? | after 1912 | One of the eight mosques in and around Arta, like most of them it was completely demolished and no trace of it survives today. | <ref name=":arta"/> |- | | [[Sultan Mehmed Mosque, Arta|Sultan Mehmed Mosque]] | [[File:Sultan_Mehmed_mosque,_Arta,_Epirus,_Greece.jpg|150px]] | [[Arta, Greece|Arta]] | 15th century? | Around 1881 | Built on one of the most prominent locations of Arta, Sultan Mehmed Mosque no longer survives as it was destroyed shortly after Arta's liberation in 1881, one of the six mosques in Arta that were demolished. | <ref name=":arta">{{cite book | last = Xenopoulos | first = Serapheim | title = Δοκίμιον ιστορικής τινος περιλήψεως τής ποτε αρχαίας και εγκρίτου Ηπειρωτικής πόλεως Άρτης και της ωσαύτως νεωτέρας πόλεως Πρεβέζης / Συλλεγέν και συνταχθέν υπό του μητροπολίτου Άρτης Σεραφείμ του Βυζαντίου | trans-title = A historical essay summarizing the once ancient and prominent Epirotan town of Arta and also the newer town of Preveza / Collected and compiled by the Metropolitan of Arta Serapheim of Byzantium | location = Athens | date = 1884}}</ref> |- | | [[Veli Pasha Mosque (Ioannina)|Veli Pasha Mosque]] | [[File:Veli_Pasha_mosque_Ioannina.jpg|150px]] | [[Ioannina]] | 16th century | 1913 | Originally built by [[Veli Pasha]] of Ioannina on the site of a Byzantine church dedicated to Saint Stephen. Shortly after Greece's annexation of Ioannina in 1913, it was converted into a barracks. Today it houses the National Defense Museum of Ioannina | <ref>{{cite web | author = Ministry of Culture and Sports | language = Greek | title = Το τζαμί του Βελή πασά | url = http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=18942 | trans-title = Mosque of Veli Pasha | website = www.odysseus.culture.gr | access-date = March 14, 2022}}</ref> |- |} {{Expand list|date=September 2020}} === List of former mosques in the [[North Aegean|North]] and [[South Aegean]] === List of former mosques located in the [[Aegean Islands]], the group of islands in the [[Aegean Sea]] between mainland [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]], split between the [[North Aegean]] and [[South Aegean]] administrative regions. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Current Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year Opened !Year Closed ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Ref. |- | [[Kastellorizo Folk Art Museum]] | Kavos Mosque | [[File:Castelloroso-max.jpg|150px]] | [[Kastellorizo]] | 1775 | 1948 | Originally built on the site of a Christian church, since 2007 it houses the Historical Collection of Kastellorizo, encompassing of several photographic and document material. | <ref>{{cite book | first = Eleni | last = Papavassilíou | chapter = Mosque | editor = Erse Brouskari | title = Ottoman architecture in Greece | location = [[Athens]] | publisher = [[Ministry of Culture and Sports (Greece)|Ministry of Culture and Sports]] | date = 2008 | isbn = 9789602147931 | page = 392}}</ref> |- | [[Chios Byzantine Museum]] | Mecidiye Mosque | [[File:Chios_Byzantine_Museum,_Mecidiye_Mosque,_Chios,_Greece.jpg|150px]] | [[Chios (town)|Chios]] | 19th century | After 1923 | The mosque served the Turkish community of the island of [[Chios]] before they were forced to leave during the population exchange. During the years 2006 to 2010 the museum underwent repair work, so it remained closed. The museum houses Christian and Byzantine sculptures in its yard, as well as exhibits from the Genoese and Ottoman periods. | <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.chioslife.gr/en/sightseeing/byzantine-museum-chios | title = Byzantinine Museum of Chios | access-date = October 6, 2022 | website = chioslife.gr}}</ref> |- | | [[Mehmet Aga Mosque]] | [[File:Rhodos157.JPG|150px]] | [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]] | 1819 | Mid 20th century | Built on one of the busiest streets of Rhodes. Remodelled and renovated several time since its erection, not open for worship. | <ref name=":panag"/> |- | | [[Osmaniye Mosque]] | [[File:Osmaniye Mosque, Chios.jpg|150px]] | [[Chios (town)|Chios]] | 1892 | 1923 | The mosque was officially registered by Greek Ministry of Culture as a cultural landmark on January 21, 1983. In 1997, the mosque was repaired and renovated by the Greek government and made available for hosting exhibitions and various cultural events. | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=1759 | publisher = [[Greek Ministry of Culture]] | title = Osmaniye Mosque Description | accessdate = 7 July 2016}}</ref> |- | | [[Recep Pasha Mosque]] | [[File:Rejep_Pasha_Mosque_(Rhodes).jpg|150px]] | [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]] | 1588 | | It has been left neglected in a ruinous state, as part after part collapsed, due to lack of funds. The portico and the minaret no longer survive. | |- | Suleymaniye Museum | [[Suleymaniye Mosque (Rhodes)|Suleymaniye Mosque]] | [[File:The Mosque of Suleiman (view from below). Rhodes cityscape, the island of Rhodes, the Dodecanese, Greece.jpg|150px]] | [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]] | 1808 | | Built on the site of an older mosque. It currently functions as a museum. | <ref name=":panag">{{cite journal | last1 = Panagiotidi | first1 = Maria | last2 = Kalopisi | first2 = Sophia | first3 = Stavros| last3= Mamaloukos | date = 2010 | title = Τα οθωμανικά τεμένη στην παλαιά πόλη της Ρόδου: Σουλτάν Σουλεϊμάν τζαμί, Μουράντ Ρέις τζαμί, Σουλτάν Μουσταφά τζαμί, Μεχμέτ Αγά τζαμί | trans-title = The ottoman mosques in the old town of Rhodes island: Sultan Suleiman mosque, Murad Reis mosque, Sultan Mustafa mosque, Mehmet Aga mosque | url = https://thesis.ekt.gr/thesisBookReader/id/25418?lang=el#page/1/mode/2up | pages= 23-25 | doi = 10.12681/eadd/25418 | access-date = November 23, 2022}}</ref> |- | Valide Mosque | (Greek: Βαλιντέ Τζαμί) | [[File:20150716 Valide Mosque Epano Skala Mytilene Lesvos Greece.jpg|150px]] | [[Mytilene]] | 1615 | | Located in Epano Skala which was a predominantly Turkish section within the port city of Mytilene, the capital of Lesbos Island. The mosque is a stone-built, one-story building with a marble staircase. Features a stone-paved front yard with a fountain embellished with engraved arabesques. The interior roof of the mosque used to be colorfully painted but the roof was painted brown after the Turks left the city. | <ref>{{cite web | title = Lesvos Valide Mosque | url=https://www.greeka.com/eastern-aegean/lesvos/sightseeing/valide-mosque/ | website=greeka.com | accessdate = 19 September 2020}}</ref> |- | | [[Yeni Mosque, Mytilene|Yeni Mosque]] | [[File:Yeni Cami, Mytilini.JPG|150px]] | [[Mytilene]] | c. 1825 | after 1923 | Located in Epano Skala like Valide Mosque, which was a predominantly Turkish section within the port city of Mytilene, the capital of [[Lesbos]] Island. After the population exchange, the Turkish community of Lesbos departed. The mosque was restored in 2011. | |- |} {{Expand list|date=September 2020}} === List of former mosques in [[Thessaly]] === List of former mosques in [[Thessaly]] administrative region near central Greece. The region was under the Ottoman controls for four and a half centuries, until 1881. As such many former mosques still remain intact. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Current Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year Opened !Year Closed ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Ref. |- | | [[Bayrakli Mosque, Larissa|Bayrakli Mosque]] | [[File:Bayrakli_Mosque,_Larissa.jpg|150px]] | [[Larissa]] | 15-16th Century | Late 19th century | The mosque is situated in the centre of the city. It means "mosque of the flag-bearer", apparently derived from the fact that its imam used to hoist a flag (''bayrak'') to give the signal for the other mosques to begin the call the faithful to prayer. | <ref name="portal">{{cite web | url = http://culture.larissa-dimos.gr/article.php?article_id=112&topic_id=96&level=3&belongs=11&area_id=1&lang=gr | date = 17 November 2008 | title = Μπαϊρακλί Τζαμί | language = Greek | work = Municipality of Larissa Cultural Portal | publisher = Municipality of Larissa | accessdate = 22 November 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304174736/http://culture.larissa-dimos.gr/article.php?area_id=1&article_id=112&belongs=11&lang=gr&level=3&topic_id=96 | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref> |- | Elassona Mosque | [[Elassona Mosque|Muharrem Pasha Mosque]] | [[File:Τζαμί Ελασσόνας - Οθωμανική αρχιτεκτονική λιτότητα.jpg|150px]] | [[Elassona]] | 17th/18th century | | For some time, the building was used to store parts of the Elassona archaeological collection. | |- | | [[Osman Shah Mosque]]||[[File:Koursoum Mosque, Trikala.jpg|150px]] | [[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. It is the only work of Ottoman imperial architect [[Mimar Sinan]] that lies in modern Greece. | |- | | [[Yeni Mosque, Larissa|Yeni Mosque]] | [[File:20111009 Yeni Tzami former seat of the Archeological Museum Larissa Thessaly Greece.jpg|20111009 Yeni Tzami former seat of the Archeological Museum Larissa Thessaly Greece|150px]] | [[Larissa]] | Before 1881 | After 1924 | Its exact date of construction, as well as its founder, are unknown, but the neoclassical decoration both on the exterior as well as in the interior point to sometime in the 19th century. It was the last of several mosques built in the city under Ottoman rule, whence its name. From the late 1950s until 2011 the building housed the Larissa Archaeological Museum. | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://culture.larissa-dimos.gr/article.php?article_id=114&topic_id=97&level=3&belongs=11&area_id=1&lang=gr | title = Γενί Τζαμί | language = el | work = Municipality of Larissa Cultural Portal | publisher = Municipality of Larissa | access-date = 22 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://larisa.culture.gr/index.php/arxaiologikoi-xoroi-kai-mnimeia/9-uncategorised/78-arxaiologikos-xoros-2 | title = Το Γενί (Νέο) Τζαμί της Λάρισας | language = el | publisher = Larissa Ephorate of Antiquities | access-date = 10 November 2018}}</ref> |- |} === List of former mosques in [[Western Greece]] and [[Peloponnese (region)|Peloponnese]] === List of former mosques in [[Western Greece]] and [[Peloponnese (region)|Peloponnese]] administrative regions. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Current Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year Opened !Year Closed ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Ref. |- | [[Ahmed III Mosque]] | Ahmet Pasha Mosque | [[File:Acrocorinth_Ahmed_III_Mosque_South_top_view.jpg|150px]] | [[Corinth]] | 1715 | 1821 | It was built by Sultan [[Ahmed III]] upon the recapture of Morea, hence the name. Although renovation works have taken place, it is mostly in a very poor condition. | <ref>{{cite web | author = Ephoria of Antiquities of Corinthia | title = Acrocorinth – Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth | url = https://www.corinth-museum.gr/en/archaeological-site/acrocorinth/ | website = www.corinth-museum.gr | access-date = July 29, 2022}}</ref> |- | [[Fethiye Mosque (Nafpaktos)|Fethiye Mosque]] | | [[File:Naupactus.jpg|150px]] | [[Nafpaktos]] | 1499 | | Situated on the waterfront near the eastern side of the port. Built by Ottoman Sultan Beyazid II shortly after the capture of Nafpaktos from the Venetians. Open only for occasional temporary exhibitions. | <ref name="a4">{{cite web |title=Fethiye Mosque (Nafpaktos) |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/greece/nafpaktos/attractions/fethiye-mosque/a/poi-sig/1513733/359486 |website=lonelyplanet.com |accessdate=18 September 2020}}</ref> |- | [[Monemvasia Mosque]] | | [[File:Monemvasia_Mosque_from_NW.jpg|150px]] | [[Monemvasia]] | c. 1541 | 1830 | The mosque was built shortly after the Ottoman conquest of the [[Morea]] in the sixteenth century. Shortly after the [[Greek War of Independence]] in 1921 it was used as a prison, and later as a cafe. Today it functions as a museum and houses the Archaeological Collection of Monemvasia. | |- | Trianon Cinema | [[Trianon Mosque]] | [[File:Τζαμί_Τριανόν_8311.jpg|150px]] | [[Nafplio]] | 1666-7 (?) | 1823 | It is a gray, stone building in the Syntagma Square. During the Greek War of Independence it was used as a school for orphaned children and it was used so for more than half a century. Today it functions as a cinema and an exhibitions hall. | <ref>{{cite journal | first1 = Georgios | last1 = Pantazis | first2 = Evangelia | last2 = Lambrou | title = Investigating the orientation of eleven mosques in Greece | journal = Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage | volume = 12 | number = 2 | date = 2009 | issn = 1440-2807 | url = http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/2009JAHH...12..159P/0000159.000.html |pages=15–166}}</ref> |- | Vouleftikon ([[English language|English]]:Parliament) | [[Aga Pasha Mosque]] | [[File:Βουλευτικόν, Ναύπλιο 7799.jpg|Βουλευτικόν, Ναύπλιο 7799|150px]] | [[Nafplio]] | 1730 | | Mosque built as a gray stone building off the Nafplion Syntagma Square. After Greek take over, it housed the first Greek People's Assembly, which met here for the first time in 1825 and later even as a prison. It's now fully restored but open to the public only for concerts in the former main hall of the mosque. Connected to the mosque in the back is the Medrese (English: [[Madrasa]]) building which used to be a Turkish Islamic religious school. | <ref name="a5">{{cite web |title=A parliament, a recidence and a mosque |url=https://www.visitnafplio.com/buildings.html |website=visitnafplio.com |accessdate=18 September 2020}}</ref> |- |} {{Expand list|date=September 2020}} === List of former mosques in [[Western Macedonia]] === List of former mosques in [[Western Macedonia]] administrative region. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Current Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year Opened !Year Closed ! class="unsortable" |Notes ! class="unsortable" |Ref. |- | [[Kursum Mosque, Kastoria|Kursum Mosque]] | | [[File:Kurşun_Mosque,_Kastoria_03.jpg|150px]] | [[Kastoria]] | 16th century | 1924 | It served the Muslim community for centuries before Kastoria was annexed by Greece. The first library of Kastoria was housed inside the mosque for some years starting in 1925, then it became a warehouse of antiquities for many decades until recently. It is the only mosque of Kastoria that was not demolished, as all the others were. | <ref>{{cite web | website = fouit.gr | date = May 11, 2019 | language = Greek | url = https://fouit.gr/2019/05/11/το-τζαμί-της-καστοριάς-και-η-ιστορία-το/ | access-date = November 5, 2022 | title = Το τζαμί της Καστοριάς και η ιστορία του | trans-title= Kursum Mosque of Kastoria and its history}}</ref> |- |} {{Expand list|date=November 2022}} == Formerly converted non-Islamic buildings == List of former mosques in previously non-Islamic buildings, mostly churches, which have been converted back. {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Previous Name !Mosque Name ! class="unsortable" |Images !City !Year converted !Year reconverted ! class="unsortable" |Notes |- | [[Church of the Acheiropoietos|Acheiropoietos church]] | Eski Cami | [[File:Church of the Acheiropoietos (Thessaloniki) by Joy of Museums.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | 1430 | 1912 | Converted by order of [[Murad II]] himself, who conquered Thessaloniki in 1430. |- | [[Brontochion Monastery]] | | [[File :Mystras,_hodigitria_01.JPG|150px]] | [[Mystras]] | Late 15th century | 1830 | |- | [[Hagia Sophia, Drama|Hagia Sophia]] | Bey Camii | [[File:Saint_Sophia_Church_Drama.jpg|150px]] | [[Drama, Greece|Drama]] | 10th century | 1913 | Originally dedicated to the [[Dormition of the Mother of God]], it was renamed to Hagia Sophia ("holy wisdom") by Greek refugees from Turkey arriving in Drama following the population exchange. |- | [[Hagia Sophia, Mystras|Hagia Sophia]] | Ayasofya Camii | [[File:Church_of_Agia_Sophia_of_Mystras_from_the_west.jpg|150px]] | [[Mystras]] | Late 15th century | 1830 | Originally dedicated to Jesus Christ the Life Giver, was probably renamed after the [[Fall of Constantinople]]. [[World Heritage Site]] along with the rest of Mystras. |- | [[Hagia Sophia, Thessaloniki|Hagia Sophia]] | Ayasofya Camii | [[File: Eglise Sainte-Sophie de Thessalonique.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | 1430 | 1912 | Part of the [[Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki]]. |- | [[Hagios Demetrios]] | Kasımiye Camii | [[File:Базилика_Святого_Димитрия_-_panoramio.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | 1490 | 1912 | Part of the [[Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki]]. Hagios Demetrios is the largest church in Thessaloniki. |- | [[Hagios Spyridon, Rhodes|Hagios Spyridon]] | Kavaklı Camii | [[File:Chiesa_di_Agios_Spyridion,_12°_secolo_-_panoramio.jpg|150px]] | [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]] | after 1522 | mid 1900s | One of the several churches within the medieval town of Rhodes to become a mosque.<ref>{{cite book | first1 = A. | last1 = Anastasiou | first2 = E. | last2 = Syrokou | first3 = S. | last3 = Tapinaki | first4 = A. | last4 = Georgopoulos | chapter = Holistic 3D digital documentation of a byzantine church | title = The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLIII-B2-2020 | publisher = XXIV ISPRS Congress| year = 2020 | url = https://media.proquest.com/media/hms/PFT/1/qMw9H?_s=g8xIOwODUka9tuTVKrhMIdB4%2BHM%3D | pages = 1363–1370}}</ref> |- | [[Church of the Holy Apostles (Thessaloniki)|Holy Apostles]] | Soğuksu Camii | [[File:Ναός Αποστόλων, Θεσσαλονίκη 3711.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | c. 1520–1530 | 1912 | Part of the [[Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki]]. |- | [[Holy Trinity church, Rhodes|Holy Trinity]] | Khan Zade Mascidi | [[File:Rodi,_Agia_Trias_(SS._Trinità)_in_via_dei_Cavalieri_-_panoramio.jpg|150px]] | [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]] | c. 1522 | 1947 | Originally dedicated to [[Archangel Michael]]. |- | [[Church of Hosios David|Hosios David]] | Soluca Camii | [[File:Latomou_Monastery_View.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | after 1430 | 1912 | Part of the [[Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki]]. |- | [[Old Metropolis, Veria]] | Hünkar Camii | [[File:Veria,_Old_Cathedral_1.jpg|150px]] | [[Veria]] | c. 1430 | 1912 | |- | [[Pammegistoi Taxiarches church|Pammegistoi Taxiarches]] | İki Şerefiye Camii | [[File:THES-Taxiarchs.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | after 1430 | 1912 | |- | [[Church of Panagia Chalkeon|Panagia Chalkeon]] | Kazancilar Camii | [[File:Panagia_Chalkeon_in_Thessaloniki.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | 1430 | 1912 | Part of the [[Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki]]. |- | [[Hagia Sophia, Monemvasia|Panagia Hodegetria]] | Fethiye Camii | [[File:Η Αγία Σοφία της Μονεμβασιάς.jpg|150px]] | [[Monemvasia]] | c. 1540 | 1830 | The most prominent church of [[Monemvasia]]. After Greece’s independence, it was renamed to Hagia Sophia. |- | [[Panagia tou Kastrou]] | Enderun Camii | [[File:Panagia_tou_Kastrou_(Rhodes)_(23).jpg|150px]] | [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]] | c. 1522 | c. 1941 | It was also converted into a Roman Catholic church during the middle ages. |- | Pantocrator church | Fethiye Camii | [[File:Old pantocrator church-mosque in patras picture during ottoman rule.jpg|150px]] | [[Patras]] | Late 1500s | 1821 | Today on the site stands the larger new Pantocrator church of Patras.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://explore.patras.gr/listing/ieros-naos-pantokratora/ | website = explore.patras.gr | language = Greek | access-date = December 7, 2022 | title = Ιερός Ναός Παντοκράτορα | trans-title = Holy Church of the Pantocrator}}</ref> |- | [[Parthenon]] | [[Parthenon mosque]] | [[File:Acropolis_s_in_Athene_of_Greece.jpg|150px]] | [[Athens]] | before 15th century | 1830 | Before being converted to a mosque, it had functioned as the church of [[Panagia Atheniotissa]]. After its destruction in 1687, a smaller mosque was erected within the ruined shell. Now an archaeological site, part of the [[Acropolis of Athens]] [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]. |- | [[Church of Prophet Elijah (Thessaloniki)|Prophet Elijah]] | Saraylı Camii | [[File:Thessaloniki, Kirche des Propheten Elias (Ναός Προφήτη Ηλία) (14. Jhdt.) (32892086337).jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | 1430 | 1912 | Part of the [[Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki]]. |- | [[Arch of Galerius and Rotunda|Saint George]] | Suleyman Hortaci Effendi Camii | [[File: Rotunda_of_Galerius_(February_2009).jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | c. 1430 | 1912 | Now the archaeological monument of '''Rotunda of Galerius''', and part of the [[Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki]]. |- | [[Church of Saint Catherine, Thessaloniki|Saint Catherine]] | Yakup Paşa Camii | [[File:Ναός_Αγίας_Αικατερίνης,_Θεσσαλονίκη_1953.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | between 1481–1512 | 1912 | Part of the [[Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki]]. |- | [[Saint Mark's Basilica, Heraklion|Saint Mark]] | Defterdar Ahmet Pasha Mosque | [[File:Βασιλική_του_Αγίου_Μάρκου_9276.jpg|150px]] | [[Heraklion]] | 1669 | 1915 | Originally a Roman Catholic church built during the Venetian rule of the island, it was converted into a mosque upon Ottoman conquest. In 1960 it opened again, but as an art gallery, instead of a church. |- | [[Church of Saint Nicholas, Chania|Saint Nicholas]] | Hünkar Mosque | [[File:St_Nicolaos_of_Splatzia_1.JPG|150px]] | [[Chania]] | 17th century | 1918 | Only church in Greece with both a belltower and a minaret. |- | [[Church of Saint Panteleimon (Thessaloniki)|Saint Panteleimon]] | İshakiye Camii | [[File:Solun.jpg|150px]] | [[Thessaloniki]] | 1548 | 1912 | Part of the [[Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki]]. |- | [[Theotokos Kosmosoteira]] | Suleyman Pasha Camii | [[File: Παναγία Κοσμοσώτειρα.jpg|150px]] | [[Feres, Evros|Feres]] | before 1433 | 1920 | |} ==See also== * [[Greek Muslims]] * [[Islam in Greece]] * [[List of mosques in Greece]] * [[List of the oldest mosques in the world]] == References == {{Reflist}} == Sources == * {{EI2 | volume = 3 | title=Iḳrīṭis̲h̲ | first = M. | last = Canard | authorlink = Marius Canard | pages = 1082–1086 | url = http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/ikritish-COM_0358}} * {{ODB | last=Kazhdan | first=Alexander | authorlink=Alexander Kazhdan | article=Anemas | page=96}} {{Mosques in Greece}} [[Category:Former mosques in Greece| ]] [[Category:Islam in Greece]] [[Category:Mosques in Europe]] [[Category:Ottoman mosques in Greece| ]] [[Category:Ottoman Greece]] [[Category:Greek Muslims]] [[Category:Lists of mosques|Greece, former]] [[Category:Mosques in Greece]] [[Category:Lists of religious buildings and structures in Greece|Mosques, former]]'
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