Kara Musa Pasha Mosque
The Kara Musa Pasha Mosque is a former mosque in the town of Rethymno, on the island of Crete, Greece. Built in the c. 1680s, during the Ottoman era, the mosque was abandoned during the 1890s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in Greece
- Also known as: “Kara Moussa Pascha”, “Kara Musa Pasa mosque”, and “Kara Musa Paşa mosque”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Archeological museum of Rethymno and metropolitan church of Megali Panagia.
Archeological museum of Rethymno
Museum
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Archaeological Museum of Rethymno is a museum in Rethymno, Crete, Greece. The building that houses the museum is the church of San Francesco, built by the Barozzi family around 1530. Archeological museum of Rethymno is situated 450 metres northwest of Kara Musa Pasha Mosque.
metropolitan church of Megali Panagia
Church
Veli Pasha Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Cplakidas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Veli Pasha Mosque, also known as the Mastaba Mosque from its location, is a former mosque in the town of Rethymno, on the island of Crete, in south Greece. Veli Pasha Mosque is situated 350 metres south of Kara Musa Pasha Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rethymno and Xiro Chorio.
Rethymno
Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rethymno or Rethimno is a beautiful city on the island of Crete in Greece. It has picturesque small lanes of shops selling mostly tourist goods and a newer area of town with normal shops.
Xiro Chorio
Village
Xiro Chorio is a hamlet of approximately 170 residents, which is part of Rethymno, capital of Rethymno regional unit in the island of Crete, Greece. Xiro Chorio is situated 3½ km southeast of Kara Musa Pasha Mosque.
Myloi
Hamlet
Kara Musa Pasha Mosque
- Categories: archaeological site, building, historic site, and religion
- Location: Rethymno, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.3666° or 35° 21′ 60″ northLongitude
24.47887° or 24° 28′ 44″ eastElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
8G769F8H+JGOpenStreetMap ID
way 471190262OpenStreetMap feature
building=mosqueOpenStreetMap feature
historic=protected_buildingGeoNames ID
11995776Wikidata ID
Q38381402
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Turkish—“Kara Musa Pasha Mosque” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Xhamia e Kara Musa Pashës”
- Arabic: “مسجد قره موسى باشا”
- Finnish: “Kara Musa Paššan moskeija”
- Fulah: “Kara Musa Pasha Mosque”
- Greek: “Τέμενος Καρά Μουσά Πασά”
- Greek: “Τζαμί Καρά Μουσά Πασά”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Kara Musa Pasha”
- Russian: “Кара Муса Паша Мечеть”
- Turkish: “Kara Musa Paşa Camii”
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