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Old Temenos, Eski Mosque

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Old Temenos, Eski Mosque
Old Temenos, Eski Mosque
Old Temenos, Eski Mosque
Old Temenos, Eski Mosque
Old Temenos, Eski Mosque
Address:
Gravias, Komotini, Greece

The Old Mosque or Éski Tzamí is former church in the Greek town of Komotini dating back to 1608. The Old Mosque is located in Komotini and and has been architecturally influenced by the aesthetics of Greek neoclassicism. Ironically, the Old Mosque was built after the New Mosque of 1585. But it is believed that the church building dates back to Evrenos, therefore the name of the mosque is Éski Tzamí. In the 1910s, the Bulgarians turned the Old Mosque into a church and destroyed part of the minaret . The building was returned to the Moslem minority in 1919-20, under the French administration of Komotini. By then, the demolished minaret and the current 2 balconies were rebuilt.
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