Iskender Bey Mosque
building in Municipality of Pella, Central Macedonia, Greece
Key facts
- Built
- 1510
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Overview
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The Iskender Bey Mosque is a former mosque in the town of Giannitsá (Yenice), in Central Macedonia, northern Greece. It was built in the early 16th century, during the Ottoman period, and takes its name from its founder. It is one of three Ottoman mosques that survive in the town. The site is recorded as an official archaeological site. Today the building is partly ruined, in need of restoration, and closed to the public.
History
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The mosque was built around 1510, in the Ottoman era, by İskender Bey Evrenosoğlu, a grandson of Gazi Evrenos, the founder of Giannitsá. It was abandoned during the 1910s and has since fallen into partial ruin.
From Wikipedia
The Iskender Bey Mosque (Greek: Τζαμί του Ισκεντέρ Μπέη, from Turkish: İskender Bey Camii) is a former mosque in the town of Giannitsa, in Central Macedonia, in northern Greece. The mosque was built in the early 16th century, during the Ottoman era, by İskender Bey Evrenosoğlu, after whom it was named, who was the grandson of Gazi Evrenos, the founder of Giannitsa. The mosque was abandoned during the 1910s, and it is in partial ruins, in need of restoration. It is not accessible to the public. It is one of the three surviving Ottoman mosques in Giannitsa.
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iskender_Bey_Mosque
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0skender_Bey_Camii