List of mosques in Greece
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]
East Macedonia and Thrace[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
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Alexandroupolis Mosque | ![]() |
Alexandroupolis | Open for worship. | |
Eski Mosque, Komotini | ![]() |
Komotini | 1608 | It is currently active as a place of Muslim worship. |
Yeni Mosque, Komotini | ![]() |
Komotini | 1585 | It is in active service as a place of Muslim worship, serving the large Muslim community of Komotini. |
Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque or Bayezid Mosque | ![]() |
Didymoteicho, Evros Prefecture | completed 1420 | |
Arap Mosque (Drama) | ![]() |
Drama | ? | |
Selvili Mosque | Komotini | 2nd half of the 19th century[6] | ||
Halil Bey Mosque | ![]() |
Kavala | ≈1530 |
Central Macedonia[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
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Zincirli Mosque | ![]() |
Serres | ? | |
Koca Mustafa Mosque | Serres | ? | ||
Yeni Camii | ![]() |
Komotini | 1585 | |
Selvili Mosque | ![]() |
Komotini | ? | |
Yunus Bey Mosque | Komotini | ? | ||
Medrese Mosque | ![]() |
Veroia | ? | |
Orta Mosque | ![]() |
Veroia | 1490 | The mosque was declared a preserved monument in 1938, but has variously been used as a house, a musical instruments workshop and a stonemason’s workshop. |
Ahmed Bey Mosque | Giannitsa | ? | ||
Yeni Cami | ![]() |
Εdessa | 1904 | |
Hamza Bey Mosque | Salonica | 1460 | ||
Alaca Imaret Mosque | Salonica | 1484 or 1487 | ||
Yeni Cami | ![]() |
Salonica | 1902 |
Western Macedonia[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
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Kurşun Mosque | ![]() |
Kastoria | ? |
Epirus[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
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Faik Pasha Mosque | ![]() |
Arta | ? | |
Feyzullah Mosque | Arta | ? | ||
Fethiye Mosque | ![]() |
Its Kale, Ioannina | 1430 | |
Aslan Pasha Mosque | ![]() |
Ioannina | 1618 | Since 1933 it houses the Municipal Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina |
Kaloutsiani Mosque | ![]() |
Ioannina | 1740 | |
Veli Pasha Mosque/Tsiekur Mosque | ![]() |
Ioannina | ? |
Thessaly[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
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Osman Shah Mosque | ![]() |
Trikala | 1550s | The mosque is no longer used for worship; it now functions as a venue for minor events and is a protected UNESCO site. |
Yeni Mosque | ![]() |
Larissa | 1902 | It was used to house the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki in 1925. Today it serves as an exhibition center. |
Alaca Imaret Mosque | Thessaloniki | 1484 or 1487 | Today the building is being used for temporary exhibitions, artistic and cultural events.[7] | |
Hamza Bey Mosque | Thessaloniki | 15th century | Since 1923, the minaret was removed and the building no longer functioned as a mosque. It was taken over by the Greek Ministry of Culture in 2006. | |
Elassona Mosque | ![]() |
Elassona | 17th/18th century | For some time, the building was used to store parts of the Elassona archaeological collection. |
Bayrakli Mosque, Larissa | ![]() |
Larissa | 15th/16th century |
Euboea[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
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Emir Zade Mosque | ![]() |
Chalkida | ? |
Western Greece and Peloponnese[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
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Fethiye Mosque | ![]() |
Nafpaktos | 1499 | The mosque has been extensively restored and now functions as an exhibition hall. |
Ahmed III Mosque | ![]() |
Corinth | 1715 | The mosque mostly stands in ruins. |
Aga Pasha Mosque/Trianon Mosque | ![]() |
Nafplio | ? | |
Monemvasia Mosque | ![]() |
Monemvasia | ? |
Aegean Islands[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
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Ibrahim Pasha Mosque | ![]() |
Rhodes | ? | The mosque is the only operational mosque in Rhodes of the twelve mosques from the Ottoman era [8] |
Murat Reis Mosque | ![]() |
Rhodes | ? | |
Recep Paşa Mosque | ![]() |
Rhodes | ? | |
Suleymaniye Mosque | Rhodes | 1522 | It currently serves as a museum[9] | |
Mehmet Aga Mosque | Rhodes | ? | ||
Osmaniye Mosque | ![]() |
Chios | 1891 | The mosque was officially registered by Greek Ministry of Culture as a cultural landmark on January 21, 1983 and made available for hosting exhibitions and various cultural events. |
Mecidiye Mosque | ![]() |
Chios | ? | |
Gazi Hasan Pasha Mosque | ![]() |
Kos | ? | The mosque is amongst two of the five Ottoman era mosques operational and open for daily prayers in the island of Kos.[8] |
Defterdar Mosque | ![]() |
Kos | ? | The mosque is amongst two of the five Ottoman era mosques operational and open for daily prayers in the island of Kos.[8] |
Yeni Mosque | ![]() |
Mytilene, Lesbos | 1825 | |
Valide Mosque | ![]() |
Mytilene | 1615 |
Crete[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
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Küçük Hasan Pasha Mosque | ![]() |
Chania | ? | |
Ierapetra Mosque | ![]() |
Ierapetra | ? | |
Neradje Mosque | ![]() |
Rethymno | ? | |
Kara Musa Pasha Mosque | Rethymno | ? | ||
Veli Pasha Mosque | ![]() |
Rethymno | ? |
Attica[edit]
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
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Tzistarakis Mosque | ![]() |
Monastiraki, Athens | 1759[10] | Houses part of the Museum of Greek Folk Art. |
Fethiye Mosque | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Athens | 2020[12] | First purpose-built mosque in Athens after Greek Independence, fully funded by Greece government |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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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