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Medrese Mosque

Βέροια, Italy

Medrese Mosque

The Medrese Mosque (Greek: Μεντρεσέ Τζαμί), also known as the Tsiai-Aik Mosque, is a former mosque in the city of Veria, in Central Macedonia, in northern Greece. Completed in c. 1850 during the Ottoman era, the former mosque was built on the site of a former Byzantine-era church that in turn was co

nverted into a mosque. The current structure operated as a mosque until the 1920s, when it was abandoned following Greek Independence. In 1936, the site was acquired by the Greek Orthodox Church, via the Holy Metropolitan Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul of Veria, and is used as the Pavleion Cultural Center, a community cultural center for the local church.

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