Английская Википедия:Ahmed Bey Mosque
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The Ahmed Bey Mosque (Шаблон:Lang-el, from Шаблон:Lang-tr), also known as the Sheikh Ilahi Mosque (Шаблон:Lang-el), is a historical mosque of the Ottoman period in the town of Giannitsa, in northern Greece. It was built in the fifteen century by Ahmed Bey, the grandson of Gazi Evrenos, the conqueror of Thrace and Macedonia and founder of the town. Today it stands in very poor condition, and entrance to it is difficult due to all the plant life that covers it. It is one of the three surviving mosques in Giannitsa today, out of the twenty that existed once.
History
The Ahmed Bey Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Giannitsa and in Greece overall, built shortly before 1450Шаблон:Sfn or during the second half of the fifteen century.Шаблон:Sfn The mosque took its name from one Ahmed Bey, the grandson of Gazi Evrenos who founded the town of Giannitsa.Шаблон:Sfn In its early years, it was a great place for pilgrimage as the grave of Sheikh Ilahi, a 15th-century scholar, was located there, along with the tomb of Gazi Evrenos himself.Шаблон:Sfn Following his death, Gazi Evrenos received honours similar to those of a saint, and the Muslim inhabitants of Giannitsa adorned his town with several monuments and institutions, such as tekkes, madrasas, and mosques.Шаблон:Sfn
In the twentieth century, the mosque was given to the Greek Army to use, which in turn gave it up to the local municipality along with the military camp that rose around it.Шаблон:Sfn Access to the mosque is not easy due to the abundant vegetation around and on the building, and perhaps due to this it was only registered as a monument in 1990.Шаблон:Sfn
Architecture
The mosque has a simply design, and consists of a square hall prayer, a portico and a minaret.Шаблон:Sfn The mosque sports stony zones of three or four rows of bricks that form a building system of incomplete surrounding brick.Шаблон:Sfn In its interior the mihrab is preserved, and some places its decoration is also visible.Шаблон:Sfn
The minaret, which now stands at 15.87 metres in height, is preserved up to the balcony with the tip missing, but around half of the seven-metre tall dome collapsed after an explosion in the 1970s;Шаблон:Sfn traces of painted decoration are still visible nonetheless.Шаблон:Sfn
Half-destroyed and struggling to stand, the mosque is in urgent need of restoration work, which have never been implemented, nor is there any plans for such works in the near future.Шаблон:Sfn
See also
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