Faik Pasha Mosque
Also known as: Faik Pasha Mosque
historical mosque in Arta, Greeece
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Overview
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The Faik Pasha Mosque is a historic Ottoman building in the town of Arta, in the Epirus region of Greece. It is also known locally as the Imaret of Arta. The mosque takes its name from the Ottoman conqueror of the city in 1449. It formed part of a complex that also included baths, an imaret (public soup kitchen) and a madrasa. It is one of the two mosques that survive in Arta, the other being the Feyzullah Mosque. The building is no longer used for worship and holds the status of an official archaeological site.
History
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The mosque was completed in the 15th century, during the Ottoman period, and is named after the Ottoman conqueror who took Arta in 1449. By the 1820s the building had ceased to function as a mosque. Since the 1990s it has been protected as an archaeological site.
From Wikipedia
The Faik Pasha Mosque (Greek: Τζαμί Φαΐκ Πασά, Albanian: Xhamia e Faik Pashës, from Turkish: Faik Paşa Camii), also known locally as the Imaret of Arta (Greek: Ιμαρέτ της Άρτας), is a former mosque located in the town of Arta, in the Epirus region of Greece. Completed in the 15th century during the Ottoman era, the mosque was named after the Ottoman Empire conqueror of the city in 1449, the mosque formed a complex including baths, an imaret and a madrasa. The building ceased being used as a mosque in the 1820s and has been an archaeological site since the 1990s.
It is one of the two surviving mosques in Arta, the other being the Feyzullah Mosque.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%82_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faik_Pasha_Mosque
Wikipedia (es): https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezquita_Faik-Pacha
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_Faik-Pacha
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Faik_Pasha
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faik_Pa%C5%9Fa_Camii
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%82_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF