List of mosques in Greece

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 MosqueAlexandroupolisOpen for worship.
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 ?
Selvili MosqueKomotini2nd half of the 19th century[6]
Halil Bey MosqueKavala≈1530

Central Macedonia
Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Zincirli MosqueSerres ?
Koca Mustafa MosqueSerres ?
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 MosqueSalonica1484 or 1487
Yeni CamiSalonica1902

Western Macedonia
Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Kurşun 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 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.[7]
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.
Elassona MosqueElassona17th/18th centuryFor some time, the building was used to store parts of the Elassona archaeological collection.
Bayrakli Mosque, LarissaLarissa15th/16th century

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.
Ahmed III MosqueCorinth1715The mosque mostly stands in ruins.
Aga Pasha Mosque/Trianon MosqueNafplio ?
Monemvasia MosqueMonemvasia ?

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 [8]
Murat Reis MosqueRhodes ?
Recep Paşa MosqueRhodes ?
Suleymaniye MosqueRhodes1522It currently serves as a museum[9]
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 ?
Gazi Hasan Pasha MosqueKos ? The mosque is amongst two of the five Ottoman era mosques operational and open for daily prayers in the island of Kos.[8]
Defterdar MosqueKos ? The mosque is amongst two of the five Ottoman era mosques operational and open for daily prayers in the island of Kos.[8]
Yeni MosqueMytilene, Lesbos1825
Valide MosqueMytilene1615

Crete
Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Küçük Hasan Pasha MosqueChania ?
Ierapetra MosqueIerapetra ?
Neradje MosqueRethymno ?
Kara Musa Pasha MosqueRethymno ?
Veli Pasha MosqueRethymno ?

Attica
Name Image Location Year/century Remarks
Tzistarakis MosqueMonastiraki, Athens1759[10]Houses part of the Museum of Greek Folk Art.
Fethiye MosqueRoman Agora, Athens17th 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 MosqueAthens2020[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. 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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