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'Athens Mosque') is a mosque in the Votanikos neighbourhood of Athens, Greece. It is the first official mosque in the Greek capital since the Greek War of Independence. Athens was the only European capital without a mosque until its construction. [1] The project faced opposition from the Greek Orthodox Church and civil protests. [2]
Repurposed after Greek independence in 1834, it fell into disrepair, but after renovations it was reopened to the public in 2017 and is presently being used for cultural exhibitions. Votanikos Mosque: Athens: 2020 [12] First purpose-built mosque in Athens after Greek Independence, fully funded by Greece government
It was constructed towards the end of the sixteenth century, or perhaps shortly before 1666-1667, [2] during the first period of Ottoman rule in the area. When the Venetians took over the Peloponnese in 1687, it was converted into a church dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua, but it was made back into a mosque upon the 1715 Ottoman reconquest.
Athens is the only European Union capital without an official mosque. The only mosque in Greece exists in the northern border city of Thrace, near Turkey, home to a Muslim community.
The Ahmed Bey Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Giannitsa and in Greece overall, built shortly before 1450 [1] or during the second half of the fifteen century. [2] The mosque took its name from one Ahmed Bey, the grandson of Gazi Evrenos who founded the town of Giannitsa. [3]
The mosque is considered by Greek government officials one of the most important Muslim monuments in Greece, as it is the oldest mosque on Greek soil, and perhaps the oldest in the Balkans as well. It no longer functions as a mosque, but it is under extensive restoration work. [24] Halil Bey Mosque: Kavala: 1530s 1923
During the Greek War of Independence which broke out in 1821, and following the capture of the city by Greek forces in the following year, the new permanent national legislative body, called Parliamentary Corps (Βουλευτικόν Σώμα), decided to restore the ruined mosque in June 1824, so that it could serve as the seat of the assembly.
This mosque was the first mosque in the town of Rhodes, built right after Ottomans besieged it and captured it in 1522. [3] [4] Local tradition holds that the mosque was built on the site of a previous church. [3] The mosque's construction is thus dated to around 1522–1523. [5] It is named after Sultan Suleiman, who led the Ottoman invasion. [2]