Suleymaniye Mosque (Rhodes)
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Suleymaniye Mosque | |
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File:Suleiman mosque Rhodes.jpg | |
Basic information | |
Location | Rhodes, Greece |
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Affiliation | Islam |
State | Greece |
Province | South Aegean |
District | Rhodes |
Municipality | Rhodes |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | serves as museum[1] |
Architectural type | Mosque |
Founder | Suleiman the Magnificent |
Completed | after 1522 reconstructed in 1808 |
Minaret(s) | 1 |
Minaret height | 34.5 metres (113 ft)[2] |
The Suleymaniye Mosque or the Mosque of Suleiman (Turkish: Süleymaniye Camii) is a mosque originally built after the Ottoman conquest of Rhodes in 1522 and reconstructed in 1808. It was named by the Sultan Suleiman to commemorate his conquest of Rhodes.
This mosque was the first mosque in the town of Rhodes, built soon after Ottomans besieged it and captured it in 1522. In 1808 the current building of mosque was built through the reconstruction of this first mosque.[3] Its plaster is rose-pink. The most of the mosque was reconstructed using materials of the buildings which existed at the same place in the earlier period. The pillars of the outer arcade belonged to the Christian church.[4]
Europa Nostra gave this mosque an honorary distinction in 2006.[2]
Gallery
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View of the mosque and the city of Rhodes
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Domes of the mosque
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Interior of the mosque
References
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