List of mosques in Greece

This is a list of mosques in Greece. It lists mosques (Arabic: مَسْجِد‎, romanized: masjid, Greek: Τζαμί, romanized: tzamí, 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, KomotiniKomotini1608It is currently active as a place of Muslim worship.
Yeni Mosque, KomotiniKomotini1585It is in active service as a place of Muslim worship, serving the large Muslim community of Komotini.
Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque or Bayezid MosqueDidymoteicho, Evros Prefecturecompleted 1420
Arap Mosque(Drama)Drama?
Servili MosqueXanthi2nd half of the 19th century[1]
Halil Bey MosqueKavala≈1530

Central Macedonia
Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque or Bayezid MosqueDidymoteicho, Evros Prefecturecompleted 1420
Mehmet Bey MosqueSerres1493Ceased to function as a mosque sometime in the late 19th century. Neglected and unused today
Zincirli MosqueSerres?
Koca Mustafa MosqueSerres?
Eski CamiiKomotini1677-1678
Yeni CamiiKomotini1585
Selvili MosqueKomotini?
Yunus Bey MosqueKomotini?
Medrese MosqueVeroia?
Orta MosqueVeroia1490The 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 MosqueGiannitsa?
Yeni CamiΕdessa1904
Hamza Bey MosqueSalonica1460
Alaca Imaret Mosque/Ishak Pasha MosqueSalonica1484 or 1487
Yeni CamiSalonica1902

Western Macedonia
Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Kursum MosqueKastoria?


Epirus
Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Faik Pasha MosqueArta?
Feyzullah MosqueArta?
Fethiye MosqueIts Kale, Ioannina1430
Aslan Pasha MosqueIoannina1618Since 1933 it houses the Municipal Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina
Kaloutsiani's MosqueIoannina1740
Veli Pasha Mosque/Tsiekur MosqueIoannina?

Thessaly
Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Osman Shah MosqueTrikala1550sThe mosque is no longer used for worship; it now functions as a venue for minor events and is a protected UNESCO site.
Yeni MosqueLarissa1902It was used to house the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki in 1925. Today it serves as an exhibition center.
Alaca Imaret MosqueThessaloniki1484 or 1487Today the building is being used for temporary exhibitions, artistic and cultural events. [2]
Hamza Bey MosqueThessaloniki15th centurySince 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 MosqueElassona17th/18th centuryFor some time, the building was used to store parts of the Elassona archaeological collection.

Euboea
Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Emir Zade MosqueChalkida?

Western Greece and Peloponnese
Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Fethiye MosqueNafpaktos1499The mosque has been extensively restored and now functions as an exhibition hall.
Aga Pasha Mosque/TrianonNafplio?

Aegean Islands
Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Ibrahim Pasha MosqueRhodes? The mosque is the only operational mosque in Rhodes of the twelve mosques from the Ottoman era [3]
Murat Reis MosqueRhodes?
Recep Paşa MosqueRhodes?
Mustafa Pasha MosqueRhodes?
Suleymaniye MosqueRhodes1522It currently serves as a museum[4]
Mehmet Aga MosqueRhodes?
Osmaniye MosqueChios1891The 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 MosqueChios?
Bayrakli MosqueChios?
Gazi Hassan Pasha MosqueKos? The mosque is amongst two of the five Ottoman era mosques operational and open for daily prayers in the island of Kos. [3]
Defterdar MosqueKos? The mosque is amongst two of the five Ottoman era mosques operational and open for daily prayers in the island of Kos. [3]
Yeni MosqueMytilene, Lesbos1825
Valide MosqueMytilene1615

Crete
Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Kucjk Hassan Mosque or Mosque of the JanissariesChania?
Ierapetra's MosqueIerapetra?
Neradje MosqueRethymno?
Kara Musa Pasha MosqueRethymno?
Valide Sultan MosqueRethymno?
Veli Pasha MosqueRethymno?
Mosque of Sultan Ibrahim ARethymno?

Attica
Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Tzistarakis MosqueMonastiraki, Athens1759[5]Houses part of the Museum of Greek Folk Art.
Fethiye MosqueRoman Agora, Athens17th 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 MosqueAthens2017

See also

References
  1. Σερβιλί Τζαμί
  2. Page 196, Memory and Architecture, Eleni Bastéa,(Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2004).
  3. Pg 124,The Forgotten Turkish Identity Of The Aegean Islands. Prof Mustafa Kaymakçı, Dr Cihan Özgün, Published by Eğitim Yayınevi, 2018
  4. http://www.rhodesguide.org/suleymaniye-mosque/
  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

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

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