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Komotini (Greek: Κομοτηνή, Turkish: Gümülcine) is a city in the region of East Macedonia and Thrace, northeastern Greece and its capital. It is also the capital of the Rhodope.
The Imaret of Komotini (Greek: Ιμαρέτ Κομοτηνής) is an imaret complex in the town of Komotini, in the Western Thrace region of northern Greece, and is thought to be one of the oldest surviving Ottoman monuments in Europe. It is dated between the early 1360s and the end of the fourteenth century.
The Archaeological Museum of Komotini is a museum on Symenonidi Street in Komotini in Greece. [1] The museum was designed by Aris Konstantinidis , an architect, and was commissioned in 1976. The exhibits on display are from the Neolithic to the Byzantine period, from the excavations of the Thracian archaeological sites, and reveal much about ...
The Clock Tower of Komotini (Greek: Πύργος του Ωρολογίου, Turkish: Saat Kule [1]) is a clock tower of the Ottoman period built in the city center of Komotini, in the Western Thrace region of northern Greece, next to the town's Yeni Mosque. Dated to the nineteenth century, today it is located on Ermou Street.
The Yeni Mosque (Greek: Γενί Τζαμί, from Turkish: Yeni Camii, "New Mosque") is an Ottoman mosque in the Greek town of Komotini dating back to 1585. It is the only surviving structure in Greece to feature Iznik tiles from the 1580s, the zenith of the Iznik potters' art.
In the past Komotini had five madrasas, all of which were operational until the Bulgarian occupation of Western Thrace in 1941–44. In 1949 the Council of Europe proposed cooperation between Greece and Turkey, and on April 20, 1951, a cultural-educational agreement between Greece and Turkey was signed in Ankara , which affected the education ...
The Municipal Athletic Centre of Komotini is a multi-purpose stadium in the administrative capital of North-eastern Greece, the city of Komotini. History It was ...
The Eski Mosque (Greek: Εσκί Τζαμί, from Turkish: Eski Camii, "Old Mosque") is a mosque in the Greek town of Komotini dating back to 1608, or 1677/88, based on an inscription. Despite its name, the Eski Mosque was built after the Yeni ("New") Mosque of 1585, but it is likely that an original mosque stood at that place, dating back to ...