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Murat Reis Mosque

The Murat Reis Mosque is a historical Ottoman-era mosque in the Aegean island of , in . Named in honour of Murat Reis the Elder, an important admiral of the Ottoman Navy, the mosque still stands, it is in need of restoration and is not open for worship, similar to the majority of Ottoman mosques found in Rhodes.
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Photo: Pimpinellus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in Rhodes, Greece
  • Also known as: “Mourat Reis Mosque”
  • Address: Γ. Παπανικολάου, Ρόδος, 85100

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Colossus of Rhodes and Fort of St. Nicholaos.

Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The was a of the Greek sun god Helios, erected in the city of , on the Greek , by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC. is situated 350 metres east of Murat Reis Mosque.

Castle
Photo: Pimpinellus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a castle, which is situated 370 metres southeast of Murat Reis Mosque.

Public aquarium
The , also known as the Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes, is a research centre, aquarium and in , . It was built in the 1930s, when the island was under the Italian rule and is currently administered by the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research. is situated 600 metres northwest of Murat Reis Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rhodes and Medieval city of Rhodes.

Photo: Xlibber, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the largest settlement and capital city of the island of . It is famous as the former site of the Colossus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and as the oldest inhabited medieval town in Europe.

Suburb
Photo: Olbertz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The was constructed around 1309 to 1523 and is part of the modern on the Island of Rhodes in . The site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1988.

Photo: Mouras, CC BY 3.0.
is a town and a former municipality on the island of , in the , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is a municipal unit.

Murat Reis Mosque

Latitude
36.45237° or 36° 27′ 9″ north
Longitude
28.22414° or 28° 13′ 27″ east
Open location code
8G8CF62F+WM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 156936621
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q115735894
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Turkish—“Murat Reis Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Xhamia Murat Reis”
  • Arabic: “مسجد مراد رايس”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita de Murat Reis”
  • Chinese: “穆拉特船长清真寺”
  • Fulah: “Murat Reis Mosque”
  • Greek: “Τεκές Μουράτ Ρεΐς”
  • Greek: “Τέμενος Μουράτ Ρεϊς”
  • Greek: “Τζαμί Μουράτ Ρέις”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de Murat Reis”
  • Turkish: “Murat Reis Camii”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Murat Reis Mosque”. Photo: Pimpinellus, CC BY-SA 4.0.