Yeni Mosque, Thessaloniki
40°36′56″N 22°57′24″E / 40.61556°N 22.95667°E / 40.61556; 22.95667Completed 1902 Design and construction Architect(s) Vitaliano Poselli
The Yeni Mosque (Greek: Γενί Τζαμί, from Turkish: Yeni Cami, "New Mosque") is a historical mosque in Thessaloniki, Greece. It was built by Italian architect Vitaliano Poselli in 1902 for the city's Dönmeh community, crypto-Jewish converts to Islam. However, when the Donmeh left the city during the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, it was used to house the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki in 1925.[1] Today, it serves as an exhibition center.
In April 2024, for the first time after 102 years, the mosque opened for the city's Muslim population on the occasion of the Ramazan Bayram.[2]
Gallery
- Yeni Mosque
- Post card
- Mihrab, interior
- Interior
- Seal
See also
- Islam in Greece
- List of former mosques in Greece
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yeni Mosque Thessaloniki.
- ^ The Dönmeh: the Judeo-Islamic Mystery of Thessaloniki Archived 2010-10-13 at the Wayback Machine, Albena Shkodrova, Balkan Travellers.com
- ^ "Θεσσαλονίκη: Άνοιξε το Γενί Τζαμί για το ραμαζάνι για πρώτη φορά μετά το 1922" [Thessaloniki: The Yeni Mosque opened for the Ramazan for the first time since 1922]. news247.gr (in Greek). April 10, 2024. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
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