Ibrahim Pasha Mosque, Rhodes
Ibrahim Pasha Mosque (Greek: Ιμπραήμ Πασά Τζαμί, from Turkish: İbrahim Paşa Camii) is an Ottoman-era mosque on the Aegean island of Rhodes, Greece. It is the oldest out of the seven mosques inside the old walled city of Rhodes, and the only one open to worship today, serving the Turkish-Muslim community of Rhodes.[1]
History
After the Ottomans captured Rhodes from the Knights Hospitaller in 1522, Muslim Turkish populations settled within the walled city, where new mosques were built, while others were made from converted Christian churches in order to serve the new community.[2]
The Ibrahim Pasha Mosque was built in 1540-1541 in what is today Platonos Square by Sultan Suleiman, and is thus the oldest mosque on the island.[3][4]
The mosque's minaret had over the centuries suffered serious decay and damage. In the 1930s, where restoration works were commissioned under Italian rule.[5]
Although it has continuously served as a mosque, it was officially granted an operating license by the Greek Ministry of Education and Religion only in 2019, along with the Defterdar and Gazi Hasan Pasha mosques in the neighbouring island of Kos.[6]
Architecture
Built within the old medieval town of Rhodes, the mosque consists of a large square room with a twelve-sided dome and two successive pediments alongside the north side. In the northwest corner of the roof, a minaret stands on a polygonal base. An eight-sided fountain can be found in the middle of the yard outside.[3][4]
The minaret is cylindrical and has one balcony.
Gallery
- Ibrahim Pasha Mosque
- Walls of the mosque
- The fountain
- The façade
- The entrance door
- The minaret
- Fountain
- Exterior view
See also
- Suleymaniye Mosque (Rhodes)
- List of mosques in Greece
- Islam in Greece
References
- ^ "Rodos'ta camiler kilitli" [Mosques closed in Rhodes]. Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). June 29, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
- ^ Louloudaki, Rhodoula (November 26, 2018). "Τα Τζαμιά της Ρόδου" [The Mosques of Rhodes]. Rodiaki (in Greek). Rhodes. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
- ^ a b "Τέμενος Ιμπραήμ Πασά" [Ibrahim Pasha Mosque]. tourism.rhodes.gr. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
- ^ a b "Το Τζαμί του Ιμπραήμ Πασά" [The Mosque of Ibrahim Pasha]. wondergreece.gr. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
- ^ "Ibrahim Pasha Mosque". medievaltown.gr. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
- ^ Mega, Christina (December 10, 2019). "Άδεια λειτουργίας σε τρία τζαμιά σε Ρόδο και Κω" [Operating license for three mosques in Rhodes and Kos]. Ertnews. Greece. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
External links
- Media related to Ibrahim Pasha Mosque at Wikimedia Commons
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