The Neradje Mosque or Neradjes ( el, Τζαμί Νερατζέ, ,

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mosque, tr, Narenciye Camii), formerly known as Deli Hüseyin Pasha Mosque () is a historical Ottoman-era mosque located in the old town of

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. It now serves as a

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History

The building in the past was a Catholic monastery of the

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named Santa Maria. After the conquest of Rethymno by the Ottomans, the monastery was turned into a mosque, which was known as the Mosque of

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or the Neradje Mosque. Following the 1923 population exchange between Turkey and Greece and the departure of the Muslim population of Crete in 1924, the building was turned into a

. The minaret was built in 1890, during the last years of Turkish rule in Crete, by the engineer Georgios Daskalakis.

Structure

The building has a rectangular shape and three semicircular domes. It possesses of one minaret which has two balconies, the tallest in the town. The building has

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elements, such as a circular skylight and Renaissance style windows and door. The doorway of the church consists of two semi-columns on each side with Corinthian-style columns and a separate pedestal for each, which support the trigos. Above the door and below the threshold there is an arch, and a large fork in the middle of the bow. Semi-elliptical niches have been opened between the two columns on each side. The composition is believed to be based on the work of

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