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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]
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
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
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.
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.
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.
The first mosque built by Muhammad in the 7th century CE, ... Built in 537 as a Greek Orthodox cathedral, converted to a mosque in 1453, and then a museum in 1931. [119]
This category contains religious buildings, both mosques and formerly converted churches (or other non-Islamic structures), that once functioned as places for Muslim worship in modern-day Greece but do not anymore.