Valide Mosque, Mytilene

Mosque in Mytilene, Greece

Valide Mosque

The Valide Mosque in 2015

Religion
Affiliation| Islam
Region| North Aegean
Year consecrated| 1615
Location
Location| Vintsentzou Kornarou Street, Mytilene
Municipality| Mytilene
Country| Greece

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Geographic coordinates| 39°06′42.8″N 26°33′15.0″E﻿ / ﻿39.111889°N 26.554167°E﻿ / 39.111889; 26.554167
Architecture
Style| Ottoman architecture

The Valide Mosque (Greek: Βαλιδέ Τζαμί, from Turkish: Valide Camii) is a historical mosque in Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos in Greece.

## Description

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The mosque is located in the old Turkish quarter of the city, Epano Skala.[1] According to its founder's inscription above its entrance, it was built in 1615, making it one of the oldest mosques in the island.[1]

It is built of stone masonry, and comprises a single level, with a pitched roof. A stone-paved courtyard once existed with a marble fountain, accessed through a marble staircase. The interior decoration was in coloured frescos, which were covered by a dark colour after the Muslim population left the island. The c. 6 metres (20 ft) high mihrab featured stucco decoration.[1] The Arabic-style minaret is constructed from red stone quarried in Ayvalık, and is almost entirely preserved apart from a portion of its top.[2]

The building and its minaret were designated as protected monuments by the Greek Ministry of Culture in 1981, but have not been restored.[2] In early 2018, 1.2 million euros were designated for restoration work of the building, under the supervision of the Lesbos Ephorate of Antiquities.[2]

## See also

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* Islam in Greece
* List of former mosques in Greece
* List of mosques in Greece
* Ottoman Greece

## References

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1. ^ a b c Loupou, Athina-Christina. "Βαλιδέ Τζαμί Μυτιλήνης" (in Greek). Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
2. ^ a b c "Αναστήλωση του Βαλιδέ Τζαμί, του παλαιότερου οθωμανικού τεμένους στην Μυτιλήνη" (in Greek). Kathimerini. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

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* Bab Gedid Mosque
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* Defterdar Mosque
* Enderum Mosque1
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* Hamza Bey Mosque
* Ibrahim Pasha Mosque
* Kavaklı Mosque1
* Kavos Mosque
* Khan Zade Mescidi1
* Mecidiye Mosque
* Mehmet Agha Mosque
* Murat Reis Mosque
* Mustafa Pasha Mosque
* Osmaniye Mosque
* Recep Pasha Mosque
* Suleymaniye Mosque
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Central Greece|

* Emir Zade Mosque
* Fethiye Mosque, Athens
* Fethiye Mosque, Nafpaktos
* Gazi Omer Bey Mosque
* Parthenon1
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* Tzistarakis Mosque
* Vizier Mosque
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Crete|

* Defterdar Ahmet Pasha Mosque1
* Hünkar Mosque1
* Ibrahim Han Mosque1
* Ierapetra Mosque
* Kara Musa Pasha Mosque
* Küçük Hasan Pasha Mosque
* Neradje Mosque
* Valide Sultan Mosque
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Epirus|

* Aslan Pasha Mosque
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Macedonia|

* Ahmed Bey Mosque
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* Arap Mosque
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* Bey Mosque1
* Eski Mosque1
* Halil Bey Mosque
* Hamza Bey Mosque
* Hünkar Mosque1
* Ibrahim Pasha Mosque
* İki Şerefiye Mosque1
* İshakiye Mosque1
* Iskender Bey Mosque
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* Soluca Mosque1
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Peloponnese|

* Agha Pasha Mosque
* Ahmed III Mosque
* Ayasofya Mosque1
* Brontochion Mosque1
* Fethiye Mosque1
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Thessaly|

* Bayrakli Mosque
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* Osman Shah Mosque
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Thrace|

* Alexandroupolis Mosque
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* Eski Mosque
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* Bold are open for worship.
* 1 Converted church or temple.

* Islam in Greece
* Former mosques

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