The construction of mosques in Greece has been documented since the period of the Greek Ottoman Empire.[1] Most of the mosques listed were built in the late 14th to early 20th centuries, when parts of modern Greece were part of the Ottoman Empire.[2][3]
Later several Christian churches throughout Greece were also converted into mosques after the Ottoman conquest, like the Hagios Demetrios church in Thessaloniki.[4] Although gradually Hagios Demetrios was converted back into a church after Greek independence and the annexation of other territories.[5]
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
Alexandroupolis Mosque | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%AF_%CE%91%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BE%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82.jpg/150px-%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%AF_%CE%91%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BE%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82.jpg) | Alexandroupolis | | Open for worship. |
Eski Mosque, Komotini | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/20120718_Eski_Mosque_Komotini_Thrace_Greece_Panoramic.jpg/150px-20120718_Eski_Mosque_Komotini_Thrace_Greece_Panoramic.jpg) | Komotini | 1608 | It is currently active as a place of Muslim worship. |
Yeni Mosque, Komotini | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Komotini_-_Muslim_mosque_and_Christian_churce_-_panoramio.jpg/150px-Komotini_-_Muslim_mosque_and_Christian_churce_-_panoramio.jpg) | Komotini | 1585 | It is in active service as a place of Muslim worship, serving the large Muslim community of Komotini. |
Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque or Bayezid Mosque | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/20100328_Bayezid_Mosque_Mehmed_I_Didymoteicho_Evros_Greece_1.jpg/150px-20100328_Bayezid_Mosque_Mehmed_I_Didymoteicho_Evros_Greece_1.jpg) | Didymoteicho, Evros Prefecture | completed 1420 | |
Arap Mosque (Drama) | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Arap_Mosque_in_Drama.jpg/150px-Arap_Mosque_in_Drama.jpg) | Drama | ? | |
Selvili Mosque | | Komotini | 2nd half of the 19th century[6] | |
Halil Bey Mosque | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0c/Halil_Bey_Mosque%2C_Kavala%27s_sole_surving_mosque.jpg/150px-Halil_Bey_Mosque%2C_Kavala%27s_sole_surving_mosque.jpg) | Kavala | ≈1530 | |
Epirus
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
Osman Shah Mosque | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Koursoum_Mosque%2C_Trikala.jpg/150px-Koursoum_Mosque%2C_Trikala.jpg) | Trikala | 1550s | The mosque is no longer used for worship; it now functions as a venue for minor events and is a protected UNESCO site. |
Yeni Mosque | ![20111009 Yeni Tzami former seat of the Archeological Museum Larissa Thessaly Greece](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/20111009_Yeni_Tzami_former_seat_of_the_Archeological_Museum_Larissa_Thessaly_Greece.jpg/150px-20111009_Yeni_Tzami_former_seat_of_the_Archeological_Museum_Larissa_Thessaly_Greece.jpg) | Larissa | 1902 | It was used to house the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki in 1925. Today it serves as an exhibition center. |
Alaca Imaret Mosque | ![English: Alatza Imaret in Thessaloniki](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Thessaloniki_%2810%29.JPG/150px-Thessaloniki_%2810%29.JPG) | Thessaloniki | 1484 or 1487 | Today the building is being used for temporary exhibitions, artistic and cultural events.[7] |
Hamza Bey Mosque | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Hamza_Mosque%2C_Thessaloniki.JPG/150px-Hamza_Mosque%2C_Thessaloniki.JPG) | 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. |
Elassona Mosque | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%AF_%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%83%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82_-_%CE%9F%CE%B8%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B1.jpg/150px-%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%AF_%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%83%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82_-_%CE%9F%CE%B8%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B1.jpg) | Elassona | 17th/18th century | For some time, the building was used to store parts of the Elassona archaeological collection. |
Bayrakli Mosque, Larissa | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Bayrakli_Mosque%2C_Larissa.jpg/150px-Bayrakli_Mosque%2C_Larissa.jpg) | Larissa | 15th/16th century | |
Attica
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
Tzistarakis Mosque | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Athen_%E2%80%93_Alte_Moschee_am_Monastiraki-Platz_-_im_Hintergrund_die_Akropolis_-_panoramio.jpg/180px-Athen_%E2%80%93_Alte_Moschee_am_Monastiraki-Platz_-_im_Hintergrund_die_Akropolis_-_panoramio.jpg) | Monastiraki, Athens | 1759[10] | Houses part of the Museum of Greek Folk Art. |
Fethiye Mosque | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/%CE%A6%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%87%CE%B9%CE%AD_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%AF%2C_%CE%91%CE%B8%CE%AE%CE%BD%CE%B1_4250.jpg/180px-%CE%A6%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%87%CE%B9%CE%AD_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%AF%2C_%CE%91%CE%B8%CE%AE%CE%BD%CE%B1_4250.jpg) | Roman Agora, Athens | 17th century[11] | Repurposed after Greek independence in 1834, it fell into disrepair, but after renovations it was reopened to the public in 2017 and is presently being used for cultural exhibitions. |
Votanikos Mosque | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Votanikos_mosque.jpg/180px-Votanikos_mosque.jpg) | Athens | 2020[12] | First purpose-built mosque in Athens after Greek Independence, fully funded by Greece government |
See also
References
- ^ Skoulariki, Athena. "Old and new mosques in Greece:a new debate haunted by history". academia.edu. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ Canard (1971), pp. 1084–1085
- ^ Kazhdan (1991), p. 96
- ^ Katsikas, Stefanos (2021). Islam and Nationalism in Modern Greece, 1821-1940. Oxford University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-19-065200-5.
- ^ Giuseppe Motta (2013). Less than Nations: Central-Eastern European Minorities after WWI. Vol. 1. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 365. ISBN 9781443854610.
- ^ Σερβιλί Τζαμί
- ^ Page 196, Memory and Architecture, Eleni Bastéa,(Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2004).
- ^ a b c Pg 124,The Forgotten Turkish Identity Of The Aegean Islands. Prof Mustafa Kaymakçı, Dr Cihan Özgün, Published by Eğitim Yayınevi, 2018
- ^ "Suleymaniye Mosque | Rhodes Greece".
- ^ Τζαμί Τζισταράκη. Archaeology of the City of Athens (in Greek). National Research Foundation. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ Θα αποκατασταθεί το Φετιχιέ Τζαμί στη Ρωμαϊκή Αγορά (in Greek). Eleftherotypia. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ Ghazanchyan, Siranush (2020-09-15). "First official mosque to open in Athens in the shadow of Hagia Sophia debates". Public Radio of Armenia. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
Ahmed AMEEN, Islamic Architecture in Greece: Mosques. Foreword: Mostafa El Feki, Center for Islamic Civilization studies, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria 2017. ISBN 978-977-452-434-6
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