Suleymaniye Mosque (Rhodes)

The Suleymaniye Mosque or the Mosque of Suleiman (Turkish: Süleymaniye Camii) was 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 article is about Suleymaniye Mosque in Rhodes. For other uses, see Süleymaniye (disambiguation).
مسجد سليمان
Suleymaniye Mosque
Religion
AffiliationIslam
DistrictRhodes
ProvinceSouth Aegean
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusserves as museum[1]
Location
LocationRhodes, Greece
MunicipalityRhodes
StateGreece
Geographic coordinates36°26′40″N 28°13′27″E
Architecture
TypeMosque
FounderSuleiman the Magnificent
Completedafter 1522
reconstructed in 1808
Specifications
Minaret(s)1
Minaret height34.5 metres (113 ft)[2]

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]. It currently serves as a museum.[1]

  • View of the mosque and the city of Rhodes
  • Domes of the mosque
  • Interior of the mosque
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References
  1. "Suleymaniye Mosque". www.rhodesguide.org. Retrieved 26 July 2014. Today, the mosque serves as a museum and can be visited on specific days.
  2. "Religious Monuments". www.rhodes.gr. Municipality of Rhodes. Archived from the original on 2012-04-19.
  3. Tataki, A. B. (2000). Rhodes, Lindos, Kamiros, Filerimos: the Palace of the Grand Masters and the museum. Ekdotike Athenon. p. 45. ISBN 978-960-213-007-0. The first to be built, immediately after the conquest of Rhodes, was the Mosque of Suleiman. In 1 808 the mosque, which today can be seen at the end of Sokratous street, was
  4. Currie, Jean (1 May 1989). Rhodes and the Dodecanese. Cape. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-224-02614-7. After Suleiman captured Rhodes in 1522, the Turks immediately began building a mosque to be named after the conqueror himself. Nearly four centuries later, in the first decade of the nineteenth century, it was rebuilt. Today the rose-pink ...
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