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Mecidiye Museum Mosque

Also known as: Mecidiye Museum Mosque

mosque in Greece

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The Mecidiye Mosque is a former Ottoman mosque on the island of Chios, in the North Aegean region of Greece. Built in the 19th century in the Ottoman architectural tradition, it now houses the Chios Byzantine Museum, a history museum. The building is catalogued here under the name Mecidiye Museum Mosque.

History

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The mosque was built in the 19th century, during the Ottoman period, and was known as the Mecidiye Mosque. It was abandoned in 1912. The building later came to house the Chios Byzantine Museum.

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The Chios Byzantine Museum is a history museum in Chios, in the North Aegean region of Greece. The museum is located in a former mosque, the Mecidiye Mosque, built in the 19th century during the Ottoman era, that was abandoned in 1912.

Source: Wikipedia, article “Chios Byzantine Museum”; quoted unchanged under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Read more on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0

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