Veli Pasha Mosque (Ioannina)
| Veli Pasha Mosque | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| District | Ioannina |
| Province | Epirus |
| Status | Closed |
| Location | |
| Location | Ioannina, Greece |
| Municipality | Ioannina |
| State | Greece |
  Shown within Greece | |
| Geographic coordinates | 39°39′51″N 20°51′19″E / 39.66417°N 20.85528°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque |
| Completed | 16th century |
| Specifications | |
| Dome(s) | 1 |
| Minaret(s) | 1 (destroyed) |
| Materials | Stone |
The Veli Pasha Mosque (Greek: Τζαμί του Βελή Πασά, from Turkish: Veli Paşa Camii) is an Ottoman building located in the Greek town of Ioannina, in the northwest region of Epirus. The mosque was renovated at the turn of the 19th century by Veli Pasha of Ioannina and formed a complex consisting in particular of a madrasa and kitchens. Today it is no longer open for worship.
History
A first small mosque for daily prayer (
Following the departure of Ottoman power in 1913 after
Architecture
The mosque has a prayer hall of 6 × 6.5 m.,[14] surmounted by a dome whose octagonal drum rests on four squinches. To the north there is a porch that was initially open and crowned with three small domes, which was probably walled up after the construction of the building. The minaret, of which only the base remains today, is housed on the western façade between the porch and the prayer room. The masonry is characterized by a pseudo-isodom apparatus in cut stone, while the main dome and the roof of the porch are covered with slates.[1][15]
Inside, elements of a rich marble mihrab are preserved.[1][15] The kitchen building and the madrassa remain today to the north of the mosque. The old Quranic school houses the National Defense Museum of Ioannina.[16]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Ministry of Culture and Sports. "Το τζαμί του Βελή πασά" [Mosque of Veli Pasha]. www.odysseus.culture.gr (in Greek). Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- ^ a b Tassi 2017, p. 97.
- ^ Demetracopoulou 2009, p. 174.
- ISSN 1440-2807.
- ^ a b Vrakas 2007, p. 66.
- ISBN 978-3447058995.
- ^ Neumeier 2017, p. 135.
- ISBN 978-5-87444-417-4.
- ^ a b Neumeier 2017, p. 154.
- ^ Holland, Henry (1815). Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, etc. During the Years 1812 and 1913. London: Longman. p. 262.
- ^ Mikropoulos 2008, p. 389.
- ^ Neumeier, Mary (2016). The Architectural Transformation Of The Ottoman Provinces Under Tepedelenli Ali Pasha, 1788-1822 (Thesis). University of Pennsylvania. pp. 160 and 161.
- ^ a b Halatsi, Georgia (27 May 2021). "Προς παραχώρηση στον δήμο Ιωαννιτών το Βελή Τζαμί" (in Greek). Ipeirotikos Agon. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ Smyris 2000, p. 42.
- ^ a b Mikropoulos 2008, p. 388.
- ^ Tassi 2017, pp. 75–76.
Bibliography
- Demetracopoulou, Polyxena (2009). "Veli Pasha complex". In Ersi Brouskari (ed.). Ottoman Architecture in Greece. Translated by Elizabeth Key Fowden. ISBN 9789602147931..
- Mikropoulos, Tasos (2008). Elevating and safeguarding culture using tools of the information society: dusty traces of the muslim culture. Earthlab. ISBN 978-960-233-187-3.
- Neumeier, Emily (2017). "Rivaling Elgin: Ottoman Governors and Architectural Agency in the Morea". In Benjamin Anderson; Felipe Rojas (eds.). Antiquarianisms: Contact, Conflict, Comparison. ISBN 978-1-78570-687-5. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- Plagou, Angeliki (2016). Περιφέρεια Ηπείρου: Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Ιωαννίνων: Όπου η Ομορφιά Περισσεύει [Epirus Region: Ioannina Regional Unit: Where Beauty Abounds] (in Greek). ISBN 978-1-911352-35-8. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
- Prountzos, Athanasios (2004). Ο Προσανατολισμός των μουσουλμανικών Τεμενών Καλούτσιανης και Βελή Πασά στα Ιωάννινα [The Orientation of the Muslim Mosques Kaloutsiani and Veli Pasha at Ioannina] (in Greek). Athens: National Technical University of Athens.
- Pyrsinellas, Vasileios (1959). "Ιστορία της πόλεως των Ιωαννίνων" [History of the Town of Ioannina]. Ηπειρωτική Εστία (in Greek). 8: 762–763.
- Smyris, Georgios (2000). "Τα μουσουλμανικά τζαμιά των Ιωαννίνων και η πολεοδομία της Οθωμανικής Πόλης" [The Muslim Mosques of Ioannina and the Urban Plan of the Ottoman Town]. Ηπειρωτικά Χρονικά (in Greek). 34: 9–90. ISSN 1108-4758.
- Tassi, Konstantina (2017). Οι Μουσουλμάνοι των Ιωαννίνων: από την Αυτοκρατορία στο Έθνος κράτος 1913-1923 [The Muslims of Ioannina: from the Empire to the Nation-state (1913-1923)] (in Greek). University of Ioannina. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- Vrakas, Fotis (2007). Η Ήπειρος του χτες – Η Ήπειρος της οθωμανικής περιόδου 15ος - 20ος [Epirus of the Past — Epirus of the Ottoman period 15th-20st centuries] (in Greek).
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