Alaca Imaret Mosque Explained

Building Name:Alaca Imaret Mosque
Αλατζά Ιμαρέτ
Location:Thessaloniki, Greece
Religious Affiliation:Islam
Region:Macedonia
Province:Thessaloniki
District:Thessaloniki
Architecture Type:Mosque
Architecture Style:Islamic, Ottoman architecture
Year Completed:1484 or 1487
Minaret Quantity:1, now destroyed
Materials:stone and brick

Alaca Imaret Mosque (Turkish: Alaca İmaret Camii) or Ishak Pasha Mosque (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αλατζά Ιμαρέτ), literally the "colourful mosque", is a 15th-century Ottoman mosque in Thessaloniki, Greece.[1]

Architecture

It was built by order of Ishak Pasha in 1484 or 1487. It consists of a mosque with an imaret (public charity kitchen). The mosque and imaret are not in use anymore. The mosque has a reverse T plan common to early Ottoman architecture, the prayer hall is covered by two large domes, it has a portico covered by five smaller domes. It had one minaret, which was destroyed after 1912, after Thessaloniki was conquered by the Greek Army and became part of the modern Greek state. It is under restoration till now.

References

40.6392°N 22.9497°W

Notes and References

  1. The Sultan of Vezirs: The Life and Times of the Ottoman Grand Vezir Mahmud Pasha Angelović (1453-1474), Théoharis Stavrides, pagge 413, 2001