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]
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 |
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kurşun Mosque | Kastoria | ? |
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ? |
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 | 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 |
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Emir Zade Mosque | Chalkida | ? |
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 | Nafplio | ? | ||
Monemvasia Mosque | Monemvasia | ? |
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 | 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 |
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Küçük Hasan Pasha Mosque | Chania | ? | ||
Ierapetra Mosque | Ierapetra | ? | ||
Neradje Mosque | Rethymno | ? | ||
Kara Musa Pasha Mosque | Rethymno | ? | ||
Veli Pasha Mosque | Rethymno | ? |
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 |
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
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]
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 |
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kurşun Mosque | Kastoria | ? |
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ? |
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 | 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 |
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Emir Zade Mosque | Chalkida | ? |
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 | Nafplio | ? | ||
Monemvasia Mosque | Monemvasia | ? |
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 | 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 |
Name | Image | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Küçük Hasan Pasha Mosque | Chania | ? | ||
Ierapetra Mosque | Ierapetra | ? | ||
Neradje Mosque | Rethymno | ? | ||
Kara Musa Pasha Mosque | Rethymno | ? | ||
Veli Pasha Mosque | Rethymno | ? |
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 |
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