Lembet Mosque
Also known as: Lembet Mosque
building in Pavlos Melas Municipality, Central Macedonia, Greece
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Overview
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The Lembet Mosque, originally called the Feride Hanım Mosque, stands in the Pavlos Melas area of Thessaloniki, in Greece's Central Macedonia region. It is a former mosque and no longer serves as a place of worship. The name Lembet comes from the Lembet barracks, now known as the Pavlos Melas barracks. It was the last mosque built in Thessaloniki under Ottoman rule, before the city joined the Kingdom of Greece in 1912 following the First Balkan War. Its original name was rediscovered in 2013 thanks to an old inscription.
History
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The mosque was built in the final period of Ottoman rule in Thessaloniki, before the city's incorporation into the Kingdom of Greece in 1912. The available material does not give an exact construction date.
In 2013 an old inscription revealed the mosque's original name, Feride Hanım Mosque. It was named after Feride Hanım, the wife of Hasan Fehmi Pasha, who was then governor of Thessaloniki.
From Wikipedia
The Lembet Mosque (Greek: Τζαμί του Λεμπέτ, Turkish: Lembet Camii) is a former mosque in the city of Thessaloniki, Pavlos Melas, in the Central Macedonia region of Greece, named after the Lembet barracks, now known as Pavlos Melas barracks. It was the last mosque built in Thessaloniki, during the Ottoman era, before the city's incorporation into the Kingdom of Greece in 1912 following the First Balkan War.
In 2013, the mosque's original name, Ferideh Hanim Mosque (Greek: Φεριντέ Χανούμ Τζαμί, Turkish: Feride Hanım Camii), was discovered thanks to an old inscription. It was named after Ferideh Hanim, the wife of Thessaloniki's then governor, Hassan Fehmi Pasha.
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lembet_Mosque
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feride_Han%C4%B1m_Camii