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 |
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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 | ? | ||
Servili Mosque | Xanthi | 2nd half of the 19th century[1] | ||
Halil Bey Mosque | ![]() | Kavala | ≈1530 | |
Central Macedonia
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
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Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque or Bayezid Mosque | ![]() | Didymoteicho, Evros Prefecture | completed 1420 | |
Mehmet Bey Mosque | ![]() | Serres | 1493 | Ceased to function as a mosque sometime in the late 19th century. Neglected and unused today |
Zincirli Mosque | ![]() | Serres | ? | |
Koca Mustafa Mosque | Serres | ? | ||
Eski Camii | ![]() | Komotini | 1677-1678 | |
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/Ishak Pasha Mosque | ![]() | Salonica | 1484 or 1487 | |
Yeni Cami | ![]() | Salonica | 1902 | |
Epirus
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's Mosque | Ioannina | 1740 | ||
Veli Pasha Mosque/Tsiekur Mosque | Ioannina | ? | ||
Thessaly
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. [2] |
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. |
Muharrem Pasha Mosque | ![]() | Elassona | 17th/18th century | For some time, the building was used to store parts of the Elassona archaeological collection. |
Western Greece and Peloponnese
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. |
Aga Pasha Mosque/Trianon | ![]() | Nafplio | ? | |
Aegean Islands
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 [3] | |
Murat Reis Mosque | ![]() | Rhodes | ? | |
Recep Paşa Mosque | Rhodes | ? | ||
Mustafa Pasha Mosque | Rhodes | ? | ||
Suleymaniye Mosque | ![]() | Rhodes | 1522 | It currently serves as a museum[4] |
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 | ? | ||
Bayrakli Mosque | 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 | ? | 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 | ![]() | Mytilene, Lesbos | 1825 | |
Valide Mosque | ![]() | Mytilene | 1615 | |
Crete
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
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Kucjk Hassan Mosque or Mosque of the Janissaries | ![]() | Chania | ? | |
Ierapetra's Mosque | ![]() | Ierapetra | ? | |
Neradje Mosque | ![]() | Rethymno | ? | |
Kara Musa Pasha Mosque | Rethymno | ? | ||
Valide Sultan Mosque | Rethymno | ? | ||
Veli Pasha Mosque | ![]() | Rethymno | ? | |
Mosque of Sultan Ibrahim A | ![]() | Rethymno | ? | |
Attica
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
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Tzistarakis Mosque | ![]() | Monastiraki, Athens | 1759[5] | Houses part of the Museum of Greek Folk Art. |
Fethiye Mosque | ![]() | 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 | ||
References
- Σερβιλί Τζαμί
- Page 196, Memory and Architecture, Eleni Bastéa,(Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2004).
- Pg 124,The Forgotten Turkish Identity Of The Aegean Islands. Prof Mustafa Kaymakçı, Dr Cihan Özgün, Published by Eğitim Yayınevi, 2018
- http://www.rhodesguide.org/suleymaniye-mosque/
- 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.
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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