Bayrakli Mosque | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Region | Thessaly |
Year consecrated | 15th/16th century |
Location | |
Municipality | Larissa |
Country | Greece |
Geographic coordinates | 39°38′24.4″N 22°25′00.8″E / 39.640111°N 22.416889°E |
Architecture | |
Style | Ottoman architecture |
The Bayrakli Mosque ( Greek: Μπαϊρακλί Τζαμί, from Turkish: Bayraklı Camii, "Mosque of the Standard-bearer") is a historical Ottoman-era mosque in the city of Larissa, Thessaly, Greece.
The mosque is situated in the centre of the city, at the junction of Papaflessa and Ossis streets. [1] Its masonry of brick-enclosed ashlar dates it to the 15th/16th centuries, contemporary to the bedesten market. [1] Only two walls of the interior hall survive, incorporated in a modern structure. [1]
The mosque reportedly derived its name from the fact that its imam used to hoist a flag (Turkish bayrak) to give the signal for the other mosques to begin the call to prayer for the faithful. [1]