New Mosque
Also known as: New Mosque
former mosque (today an exhibition center) in Thessaloniki, Greece
Key facts
- Architect
- Vitaliano Poselli
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Overview
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The New Mosque (Yeni Cami; Greek: Γενί Τζαμί) is a historic building in Thessaloniki, Greece, which no longer serves as a mosque. It was designed by the Italian architect Vitaliano Poselli for the city's Dönme community. The building is in an eclectic style and is a protected building in Greece. Today it functions as an exhibition centre.
History
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The building was constructed in 1902 by Vitaliano Poselli, commissioned by Thessaloniki's Dönme community, described in the sources as a group that had converted to Islam while retaining its Jewish origins.
When the Dönme left for Turkey during the 1923 Greek–Turkish population exchange, the building ceased to be used as a mosque. From 1925 it housed the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, which moved into a new building in 1962. Since then the former mosque has served as an exhibition space, including for the Municipal Art Gallery.
From Wikipedia
The Yeni Mosque (Greek: Γενί Τζαμί, from Turkish: Yeni Cami, lit. 'new mosque') is a mosque in the city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece. It was built by Italian architect Vitaliano Poselli in 1902, during the Ottoman era, for the city's Dönmeh community, crypto-Jewish converts to Islam. However, when the Dönmeh had to leave the city during the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, the mosque was abandoned.
Afterwards, it functioned as the city's archaeological museum for a brief time before the current museum's construction. The structure is owned by the municipality and served as an exhibition center, and was occasionally lent to the Muslim community of the city; the first occasion being for worship in 2012, some 90 years after it was closed. The mosque has occasionally reopened for major Islamic festivals during the 2020s.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF_(%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83)
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeni_Cami_(Thessaloniki)
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeni_Mosque,_Thessaloniki
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouvelle_Mosqu%C3%A9e_(Thessalonique)
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Yeni_Thessaloniki
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeni_Cami_(Selanik)
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF_(%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C)