The Kastellorizo Folk Art Museum ( Greek: Μουσείο Λαϊκής Τέχνης Καστελλόριζου) is a museum in the small island of Kastellorizo, Greece, housed in a historical Ottoman-era mosque that was known as the Kavos Mosque ( Greek: Τζαμί του Κάβου, lit. 'Mosque of the Peninsula') or simply the Kastellorizo Mosque ( Greek: Τζαμί του Καστελλόριζου, Turkish: Meis Camii [1]).
Description
Located on the tip of the small peninsula that forms the neighbourhood of Kavos, the island's only mosque, coloured in beige and red colors, was erected on the site of a previous Christian church dedicated to Saint Paraskevi. [2] It was built in 1775. [3] Since July 2007, it houses the Historical Collection of Kastellorizo, mostly consisting of old photographs, pictures, and documents recording the history of Kastellorizo from the nineteenth century until its destruction in 1943 during World War II and 1948, when the island along with the rest of the Dodecanese archipelago joined the rest of Greece, following a brief period under Italian rule. [3] [4]
See also
References
- ^ Cangül, Caner (September 14, 2022). "Meis Adası Camii" [Mosque of Kastellorizo Island]. kulturenvanteri.com/tr (in Turkish). Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ Papavassiliou, Eleni (2008). "Mosque". In Erse Brouskari (ed.). Ottoman architecture in Greece. Athens: Ministry of Culture and Sports. p. 392. ISBN 9789602147931.
- ^ a b "Καστελόριζο, ένας κρυμμένος μικροσκοπικός παράδεισος" [Kastellorizo, a tiny hidden paradise]. newsbeast.gr (in Greek). August 17, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
- ^ "Ιστορική Συλλογή Καστελλόριζου" [Historical Collection of Kastellorizo] (in Greek). July 5, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
- Museums in the South Aegean
- Former mosques in Greece
- Ottoman mosques in Greece
- Mosque buildings with domes
- 18th-century mosques
- 18th-century architecture in Greece
- Mosques completed in the 1770s
- Folk art museums and galleries in Greece
- Art museums and galleries established in 2007
- 2007 establishments in Greece