Vizier Mosque
The Vezir Mosque (Greek: Βεζίρ Τζαμί, lit. 'mosque of the vizier') also known as the Amcazade Hussein Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Amcazâde Hüseyin Paşa Camii)[1] was an Ottoman mosque in the town of Nafpaktos, in western Central Greece, dating to the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century.[2] Today its few remnants lie entirely in ruins.
Description
[edit]The mosque was funded and named after Amcazade Husein Pasha, who was Grand vizier to Ottoman Sultan Mustafa II, and built around 1701–1702.[3] The mosque was part of a larger philanthropic complex that included baths and a fountain, of which only ruins remain; it was built on the site of a previous mosque, called Mosque of the Wells.[2]
Today, only the eastern wall forming the base of the collapsed minaret remains.[2] The cloisonné masonry, a technique which consists of surrounding each stone with bricks, is still visible in the remaining ruins.[4] The bricks used measure about 20 cm across, and about 3–5 cm thick.[5] The mortar used on the minaret's exterior was pinkish/reddish in colour.[5]
In 2020, renovation works for the remaining structures were approved by the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports, which were carried out in the same and following year.[6]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Cangül, Caner (April 26, 2022). "Amcazade Hüseyin Paşa Camii Kalıntısı, İnebahtı" [Ruins of Amcazade Hussein Pasha Mosque, Nafpaktos]. kulturenvanteri.com/tr/yer/ (in Turkish). Retrieved November 23, 2023.
- ^ a b c Mikropoulos 2008, p. 441.
- ^ Ameen 2017, p. 26.
- ^ Ameen 2017, p. 215.
- ^ a b Ameen 2017, pp. 207–8.
- ^ Ministry of Culture and Sports 05/056/2020
Bibliography
[edit]- Ameen, Ahmed (2017). Islamic architecture in Greece: Mosques. Alexandria: Center for Islamic Civilization studies, Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
- Mikropoulos, Tasos (2008). Elevating and safeguarding culture using tools of the information society: dusty traces of the muslim culture. Earthlab. ISBN 960-233-187-9.
External links
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