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The Selvili Mosque ( el, Σελβιλί Τζαμί, from tr, Selvili Camii) also known as the Broken Mosque ( el, Σπασμένο Τζαμί) locally, was formerly an Ottoman-era mosque in the town of
The Selvili Mosque ( el, Σελβιλί Τζαμί, from tr, Selvili Camii) also known as the Broken Mosque ( el, Σπασμένο Τζαμί) locally, was formerly an Ottoman-era mosque in the town of Komotini
Komotini ( el, Κομοτηνή, tr, Gümülcine, bg, Комотини) is a city in the region of East Macedonia and Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Rhodope. It was the administrative centre of the Rhodope-Evros super-p ...
, Western Thrace
Western Thrace or West Thrace ( el, υτικήΘράκη, '' ytikíThráki'' ; tr, Batı Trakya; bg, Западна/Беломорска Тракия, ''Zapadna/Belomorska Trakiya''), also known as Greek Thrace, is a geographic and histori ...
, in Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...
. It is no longer preserved in any form, as only its minaret survives.
Description
Today, the only thing left of the mosque is its minaret, itself half-destroyed, and an Ottoman grave, dating to 1761 and belonging to Kayserili Suleyman Effendi. On January 7, 2019, the Management Committee of the Muslim Property of Komotini completed the registration of the mosque's 472 sq.m. plot at the Cadastral Office of Komotini.See also
*Islam in Greece
Islam in Greece is represented by two distinct communities; Muslims that have lived in Greece since the times of the Ottoman Empire (primarily in East Macedonia and Thrace) and Muslim immigrants that began arriving in the last quarter of the ...
* List of former mosques in Greece
This is a list of former mosques in Greece. It lists former mosques ( ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, el, Τζαμί, tzamí, tr, Camii, cami) and places of worship for Muslims in Greece. It lists some but by no means all of the old historical mosq ...
* Ottoman Greece
Most of the areas which today are within modern Greece's borders were at some point in the past part of the Ottoman Empire. This period of Ottoman rule in Greece, lasting from the mid-15th century until the successful Greek War of Independence t ...
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* Ottoman mosques in Greece Former mosques in Greece Buildings and structures in Komotini Ruins in Greece Ottoman Thrace Ottoman architecture in Western Thrace {{greece-struct-stub