Veli Pasha Mosque
Also known as: Veli Pasha Mosque
mosque in Greece
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Overview
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The Veli Pasha Mosque is a historic Ottoman mosque in the town of Rethymno on the island of Crete. It is also known as the Mastaba Mosque, a name derived from its location, and in Greek as Βελή Πασά Τζαμί. The building dates to the middle of the 17th century, soon after Rethymno passed into Ottoman hands. It no longer functions as a place of worship and today houses the Paleontological Museum of Rethymno, which presents the natural history of Crete.
History
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The mosque was built in the mid-17th century, shortly after the town of Rethymno fell to the Ottomans. It was abandoned in the 1910s and ceased to serve as a mosque. Since 2008 the building has been repurposed as the Paleontological Museum of Rethymno, administered by the Goulandris Natural History Museum.
From Wikipedia
The Veli Pasha Mosque (Greek: Βελή Πασά Τζαμί, from Turkish: Veli Paşa Camii), also known as the Mastaba Mosque (Greek: Τζαμί του Μασταμπά) from its location, is a former mosque in the town of Rethymno, on the island of Crete, in south Greece. Originally built in the mid-17th century, during the Ottoman era, shortly after the fall of Rethymno to the Ottomans, the mosque was abandoned in the 1910s, and, since 2008, was repurposed as the Paleontological Museum of Rethymno (Greek: Παλαιοντολογικό Μουσείο Ρεθύμνου), a paleontological history museum for the island of Crete, administered by the Goulandris Natural History Museum.
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7_(%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88)
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veli_Pasha_Mosque_(Rethymno)
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Veli_Pasha_Rethimno
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veli_Pa%C5%9Fa_Camii_(Resmo)