Hephaestus Square
Hephaestus Square is a square in Komotini, Rhodope Prefecture, East Macedonia and Thrace. Hephaestus Square is situated nearby to Clock Tower, as well as near New Mosque.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include New Mosque and Clock Tower.
New Mosque
Mosque
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The Yeni Mosque is an Ottoman mosque in the Greek town of Komotini dating back to 1585. It is the only surviving structure in Greece to feature Iznik tiles from the 1580s, the zenith of the Iznik potters' art.
Clock Tower
Tower
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The Clock Tower of Komotini is a clock tower of the Ottoman period built in the city center of Komotini, in the Western Thrace region of northern Greece, next to the town's Yeni Mosque. Dated to the nineteenth century, today it is located on Ermou Street.
Old Mosque
Mosque
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The Eski Mosque is a mosque in the Greek town of Komotini dating back to 1608, or 1677/88, based on an inscription. Despite its name, the Eski Mosque was built after the Yeni Mosque of 1585, but it is likely that an original mosque stood at that place, dating back to the time of the Ottoman conquest of the area under Evrenos. Old Mosque is situated 270 metres west of Hephaestus Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Komotini and Itea.
Komotini
Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Komotini, is a city in the region of East Macedonia and Thrace, northeastern Greece and its capital. It is also the capital of the Rhodope. It was the administrative centre of the Rhodope-Evros super-prefecture until its abolition in 2010, by the Kallikratis Plan.
Itea
Village
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Itea is a village, which is situated 4 km southwest of Hephaestus Square.
Kalchas
Village
Kalchas, is a village and a community in the municipality of Komotini, in the Rhodope regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. It is located in a flat area, 5 km northeast of Komotini. Kalchas is situated 6 km northeast of Hephaestus Square.
Hephaestus Square
- Type: Square
- Categories: historic site and locality
- Location: Komotini, Rhodope Prefecture, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.11902° or 41° 7′ 9″ northLongitude
25.40521° or 25° 24′ 19″ eastOpen location code
8GH74C94+J3OpenStreetMap ID
node 10092200566OpenStreetMap feature
historic=districtOpenStreetMap feature
place=square
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In Other Languages
From German to Greek—“Hephaestus Square” goes by many names.
- German: “Hephästplatz”
- Greek: “Πλατεία Ηφαίστου”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Library of the New Mosque and Statue of Konstantinos Karatheodoris, Komotini.
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