List of mosques in Greece

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This is a list of mosques in Greece. It lists mosques (Arabic: مَسْجِد, romanizedmasjid, Greek: Τζαμί, romanizedtzamí, Turkish: Camii) and Islamic centers in Greece and only lists open, functioning mosques that allow Muslims to perform the Islamic prayers (Salah) five times a day in congregation. For a list of old historical mosques built during and before Ottoman Greece period, see the list of former mosques in Greece.

East Macedonia and Thrace[]

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Eski Mosque, Komotini 20120718 Eski Mosque Komotini Thrace Greece Panoramic.jpg Komotini 1608 It is currently active as a place of Muslim worship.
Yeni Mosque, Komotini 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 20100328 Bayezid Mosque Mehmed I Didymoteicho Evros Greece 1.jpg Didymoteicho, Evros Prefecture completed 1420
Drama ?
Servili Mosque Xanthi 2nd half of the 19th century[1]
Halil Bey Mosque, Kavala's sole surving mosque.jpg Kavala ≈1530

Central Macedonia[]

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Mehmet Bey Mosque 20111029 Ahmet Pasha Mosque Mehmet Bey Serres Greece 2.jpg Serres 1493 Ceased to function as a mosque sometime in the late 19th century. Neglected and unused today
20111030 Zinzirli mosque Serres Greece 1 Serres ?
Serres ?
20120815 Yeni Mosque Clock Tower Komotini West Thrace Greece.jpg Komotini 1585
Selvili Mosque 20120718 Selvili Mosque Minaret Komotini Thrace Greece 1.jpg Komotini ?
Yunus Bey Mosque Komotini ?
Medrese Mosque Veria BW 2017-10-06 09-54-03 Veroia ?
Orta Mosque Beroia Orta Tzami Mosque.jpg 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.
Giannitsa ?
Εdessa 1904
Hamza Bey Mosque Hamza Mosque, Thessaloniki.JPG Salonica 1460
Thessaloniki (10) Salonica 1484 or 1487
Yeni Cami Yeni Mosque, Dönmeh Mosque of Salonica.jpg Salonica 1902

Western Macedonia[]

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Kastoria ?


Epirus[]

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Arta, Faik P. C. XXXVII-37-1970s.jpg Arta ?
Arta ?
Fethiye Mosque Fethiye Mosque and Ali Pasha's Tomb.jpg Its Kale, Ioannina 1430
Aslan Pasha Mosque Aslan Pasha Ottoman mosque in Ioannina, Greece Ioannina 1618 Since 1933 it houses the Municipal Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina
Ioannina 1740
Ioannina ?

Thessaly[]

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Osman Shah Mosque Koursoum Mosque, 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 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. [2]
Hamza Bey Mosque Hamza Mosque, 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.
Muharrem Pasha Mosque Τζαμί Ελασσόνας - Οθωμανική αρχιτεκτονική λιτότητα.jpg Elassona 17th/18th century For some time, the building was used to store parts of the Elassona archaeological collection.

Euboea[]

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Emir Zade Mosque, Ottoman Mosque of Chalkida.jpg Chalkida ?

Western Greece and Peloponnese[]

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Fethiye Mosque Naupactus.jpg Nafpaktos 1499 The mosque has been extensively restored and now functions as an exhibition hall.
Βουλευτικόν, Ναύπλιο 7799 Nafplio ?

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 [3]
Murat Reis Mosque Rhodes ?
Rhodes ?
Mustafa Pasha Mosque Rhodes ?
Suleymaniye Mosque RhodosStadtzentrum1 Rhodes 1522 It currently serves as a museum[4]
Rhodos157 Rhodes ?
Osmaniye Mosque Osmaniye Mosque, Chios.jpg 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.
Chios ?
Chios ?
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. [3]
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. [3]
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
Janissaries Mosque, Chania Chania ?
Ierapetra R04 Ierapetra ?
Νερατζέ τζαμί, Ρέθυμνο 3154 Rethymno ?
Rethymno ?
Rethymno ?
Rethymnon (79) Rethymno ?
Τέμενος Σουλτάν Ιμπαήμ 3101 Rethymno ?

Attica[]

Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Tzistarakis Mosque Athen – Alte Moschee am Monastiraki-Platz - im Hintergrund die Akropolis - panoramio.jpg Monastiraki, Athens 1759[5] Houses part of the Museum of Greek Folk Art.
Fethiye Mosque Φετιχιέ Τζαμί, Αθήνα 4250.jpg Roman Agora, Athens 17th century[6] 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 2017

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Σερβιλί Τζαμί
  2. ^ Page 196, Memory and Architecture, Eleni Bastéa,(Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2004).
  3. ^ a b c Pg 124,The Forgotten Turkish Identity Of The Aegean Islands. Prof Mustafa Kaymakçı, Dr Cihan Özgün, Published by Eğitim Yayınevi, 2018
  4. ^ "Suleymaniye Mosque | Rhodes Greece".
  5. ^ Τζαμί Τζισταράκη. Archaeology of the City of Athens (in Greek). National Research Foundation. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  6. ^ Θα αποκατασταθεί το Φετιχιέ Τζαμί στη Ρωμαϊκή Αγορά (in Greek). Eleftherotypia. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2014.

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

External links[]

https://www.academia.edu/34744567/Islamic_Architecture_in_Greece_Mosques

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