Yeni Mosque, Edessa

Historical mosque in Edessa, Greece

Yeni Mosque

Yeni Mosque in Edessa today

Religion
Affiliation| Islam
District| Pella
Province| Central Macedonia
Ecclesiastical or organizational status| Museum
Location
Location| Edessa, Greece
Municipality| Edessa
State| Greece

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Geographic coordinates| 40°47′53.8″N 22°02′44.9″E﻿ / ﻿40.798278°N 22.045806°E﻿ / 40.798278; 22.045806
Architecture
Type| Mosque
Style| Ottoman architecture
Completed| 17th century
Specifications
Length| 16 m.
Width| 20 m.
Height (max)| 16 m.
Dome(s)| 1
Minaret(s)| 1
Materials| Brick and stone

The Yeni Mosque (Greek: Γενί Τζαμί, from Turkish: Yeni Camii, lit. 'New Mosque') is a historical Ottoman-era mosque in the town of Edessa, Macedonia, in Greece, and it is the only surviving mosque of the town.[1][2] It now functions as a museum.

## History[edit]

Based on the monument's morphology and its mention by Ottoman explorer and traveller Evliya Çelebi in 1668, the mosque's construction can be dated to the mid-1600s.[1] The mosque was made into a museum in 1942, and it is open to visitors today.[2]

## Structure[edit]

It is a building measuring 15x20 metres and it is sıxteen metres high, with elaborate proportions. It has a square prayer hall with a hemispherical dome, which is covered with scaly tiles. An open colonnaded porch with three low domes with corresponding covering adjoins the northern face, while the tall minaret is in the northwest corner. The building sports thirty-three windows in total.[1]

Inside the mosque, the mihrab (or praying niche) is preserved on the south wall of the building, as well as two wooden square balconies at the corners, which are accessed by stairs opening into the thickness of the wall. A long wooden portico (which no longer exists) used to ran along the northern wall, as is inferred from the corresponding access stairs that once led to it as well as to the mosque's minaret.[1]

Inside, the painted decoration of the dome is also preserved, organized in a radial arrangement. Triangular partitions are decorated with repeating geometric shapes and floral motifs, stars with crescents and heart-shaped clams, elements belonging to the artistic vocabulary of the 19th century. Peripherally, at the base of the dome, excerpts from the Quran are imprinted.[1]

## See also[edit]

* Islam in Greece
* List of mosques in Greece
* Chios Byzantine Museum

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e Georgios Stalidis. "Yeni Camii". odysseus.culture.gr. Ministry of Culture and Sports (Greece). Retrieved October 6, 2022.
2. ^ a b "Γενί Τζαμί". edessacity.gr. Retrieved October 7, 2022.

## Further reading[edit]

* Edessa, City of Waters by Roula Palanta, published in 1992.

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Mosques in Greece

Aegean Islands|

* Bab Gedid Mosque
* Bayrakli Mosque
* Defterdar Mosque
* Enderum Mosque1
* Gazi Hasan Pasha Mosque, Loggia
* Gazi Hasan Pasha Mosque, Platani
* 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
* Valide Mosque
* Yeni Mosque

Central Greece|

* Emir Zade Mosque
* Fethiye Mosque, Athens
* Fethiye Mosque, Nafpaktos
* Gazi Omer Bey Mosque
* Parthenon1
* Parthenon mosque
* Tzistarakis Mosque
* Vizier Mosque
* Votanikos Mosque

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
* Veli Pasha Mosque
* Yeni Mosque

Epirus|

* Aslan Pasha Mosque
* Faik Pasha Mosque
* Fethiye Mosque
* Feyzullah Mosque
* Kaloutsiani Mosque
* Rokka Mosque
* Sultan Mehmed Mosque
* Veli Pasha Mosque

Macedonia|

* Ahmed Bey Mosque
* Alaca Imaret Mosque
* Arap Mosque
* Ayasofya Mosque1
* Bey Mosque1
* Eski Mosque1
* Halil Bey Mosque
* Hamza Bey Mosque
* Hünkar Mosque1
* Ibrahim Pasha Mosque
* İki Şerefiye Mosque1
* İshakiye Mosque1
* Iskender Bey Mosque
* Kasımiye Mosque1
* Kazancilar Mosque1
* Koca Mustafa Mosque
* Kursum Mosque
* Lembet Mosque
* Mahmud Çelebi Mosque
* Mehmet Bey Mosque
* Medrese Mosque
* Muhammad Ali Pasha Mosque
* Orta Mosque
* Saraylı Mosque1
* Soğuksu Mosque1
* Soluca Mosque1
* Suleyman Hortaci Effendi Mosque1
* Yakup Bey Mosque
* Yakup Pasha Mosque1
* Yeni Mosque, Edessa
* Yeni Mosque, Thessaloniki
* Zincirli Mosque

Peloponnese|

* Agha Pasha Mosque
* Ahmed III Mosque
* Ayasofya Mosque1
* Brontochion Mosque1
* Fethiye Mosque1
* Kursum Mosque1
* Monemvasia Mosque
* Trianon Mosque

Thessaly|

* Bayrakli Mosque
* Elassona Mosque
* Osman Shah Mosque
* Yeni Mosque

Thrace|

* Alexandroupolis Mosque
* Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque
* Eski Mosque
* Selvili Mosque
* Suleyman Mosque1
* Yeni Mosque
* Yunus Bey Mosque

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

* Islam in Greece
* Former mosques

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