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

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
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

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Zincirli Mosque 20111030 Zinzirli mosque Serres Greece 1 Serres ?
Koca Mustafa Mosque Serres ?
Yeni Camii Komotini 1585
Selvili Mosque Komotini ?
Yunus Bey Mosque Komotini ?
Medrese Mosque Veria BW 2017-10-06 09-54-03 Veroia ?
Orta Mosque Veroia 1490 The mosque was declared a preserved monument in 1938, but has variously been used as a house, a musical instruments workshop and a stonemason’s workshop.
Ahmed Bey Mosque Giannitsa ?
Yeni Cami Εdessa 1904
Hamza Bey Mosque Salonica 1460
Alaca Imaret Mosque Thessaloniki (10) Salonica 1484 or 1487
Yeni Cami Salonica 1902

Western Macedonia

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Kurşun Mosque Kastoria ?

Epirus

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

Thessaly

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Osman Shah Mosque Trikala 1550s The mosque is no longer used for worship; it now functions as a venue for minor events and is a protected UNESCO site.
Yeni Mosque 20111009 Yeni Tzami former seat of the Archeological Museum Larissa Thessaly Greece Larissa 1902 It was used to house the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki in 1925. Today it serves as an exhibition center.
Alaca Imaret Mosque English: Alatza Imaret in Thessaloniki Thessaloniki 1484 or 1487 Today the building is being used for temporary exhibitions, artistic and cultural events.[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

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

Western Greece and Peloponnese

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Fethiye Mosque Nafpaktos 1499 The mosque has been extensively restored and now functions as an exhibition hall.
Ahmed III Mosque Corinth 1715 The mosque mostly stands in ruins.
Aga Pasha Mosque/Trianon Mosque Βουλευτικόν, Ναύπλιο 7799 Nafplio ?
Monemvasia Mosque Monemvasia Mosque Monemvasia ?

Aegean Islands

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Ibrahim Pasha Mosque Rhodes ? The mosque is the only operational mosque in Rhodes of the twelve mosques from the Ottoman era [8]
Murat Reis Mosque Murat Reis Mosque Rhodes ?
Recep Paşa Mosque Rhodes ?
Suleymaniye Mosque RhodosStadtzentrum1 Rhodes 1522 It currently serves as a museum[9]
Mehmet Aga Mosque Rhodos157 Rhodes ?
Osmaniye Mosque Chios 1891 The mosque was officially registered by Greek Ministry of Culture as a cultural landmark on January 21, 1983 and made available for hosting exhibitions and various cultural events.
Mecidiye Mosque Chios ?
Gazi Hasan Pasha Mosque Gazi Hassan Pasha Mosque Kos ? The mosque is amongst two of the five Ottoman era mosques operational and open for daily prayers in the island of Kos.[8]
Defterdar Mosque Kos DeMos 01 Kos ? The mosque is amongst two of the five Ottoman era mosques operational and open for daily prayers in the island of Kos.[8]
Yeni Mosque Yeni Cami - Lesbos 02 Mytilene, Lesbos 1825
Valide Mosque 20150716 Valide Mosque Epano Skala Mytilene Lesvos Greece Mytilene 1615

Crete

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Küçük Hasan Pasha Mosque Janissaries Mosque, Chania Chania ?
Ierapetra Mosque Ierapetra R04 Ierapetra ?
Neradje Mosque Νερατζέ τζαμί, Ρέθυμνο 3154 Rethymno ?
Kara Musa Pasha Mosque Rethymno ?
Veli Pasha Mosque Rethymnon (79) Rethymno ?

Attica

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
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

References

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

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

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