Ibrahim Pasha Mosque, Ottoman mosque in Medieval Town, Rhodes, Greece
The Ibrahim Pasha Mosque is a square Ottoman mosque in Rhodes' walled Medieval Town, completed around 1541. Its main room is covered by a twelve-sided dome about 11.5 m across, and two successive porticoes with three small domes stand along the north side. A cylindrical minaret with one balcony rises on a polygonal base at the northwest corner, and an eight-sided fountain with a wooden roof stands in the yard.
This structure was built in 1540 under Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and stands as the first of seven mosques established within the walled city. Its construction marked the beginning of religious transformation during the Ottoman period.
The mosque is the only one of Rhodes' seven historic mosques still open for worship, serving the Turkish-Muslim community. Its operating licence was granted by the Greek Ministry of Education and Religion only in 2019, together with the Defterdar and Gazi Hasan Pasha mosques on Kos. The name comes from Ibrahim Pasha, though the building was commissioned in the name of Sultan Suleiman.
The mosque is located near Platonos Square and is easily accessible on foot within the Medieval Town. Opening times are connected to worship activities, so planning ahead helps ensure you can visit when it is open.
The minaret was rebuilt in reinforced concrete in 1928 under Italian rule, separate from the mosque. The original minaret had suffered serious decay over the centuries. The mosque received its official operating license from the Greek Ministry of Education and Religion only in 2019.
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