Mehmet Agha Mosque
The Mehmet Agha Mosque is a former mosque, located on Sokratous street within the old walled town of Rhodes, on the eponymous island, in the South Aegean region of southern Greece.Photo: Piotrus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in Greece
- Also known as: “Mehmet Aga Mosque”
- Address: Ρόδος
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Colossus of Rhodes and Suleymaniye Mosque.
Colossus of Rhodes
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek sun god Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC. Colossus of Rhodes is situated 1 km north of Mehmet Agha Mosque.
Suleymaniye Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Dreizung, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Suleymaniye Mosque or the Mosque of Suleiman is a former mosque in the city of Rhodes, in the South Aegean region of Greece. It was originally built after the Ottoman conquest of Rhodes in 1522 and is named after Sultan Suleiman to commemorate his conquest. Suleymaniye Mosque is situated 180 metres west of Mehmet Agha Mosque.
Muslim Library of Hafiz Ahmed Aga
Library
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hafiz Ahmed Agha Library is an important historic Ottoman building in the medieval city of Rhodes in Greece, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The library was founded by Hafiz Ahmed Agha in 1793. Muslim Library of Hafiz Ahmed Aga is situated 200 metres west of Mehmet Agha Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Medieval city of Rhodes and Rhodes.
Medieval city of Rhodes
Suburb
Photo: Olbertz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Medieval City of Rhodes was constructed around 1309 to 1523 and is part of the modern capital city of Rhodes on the Island of Rhodes in Greece. The site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1988.
Rhodes
Photo: Xlibber, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhodes is the largest settlement and capital city of the island of the same name. 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.
Koskinou
Town
Photo: Julian Lupyan, CC0.
Koskinou is a village on the Greek island of Rhodes. It is located 5 miles from Rhodes town and 6 miles from the island resort of Faliraki and the Music School of Rhodes. Koskinou is situated 6 km south of Mehmet Agha Mosque.
Mehmet Agha Mosque
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Rhodes, Dodecanese, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.44373° or 36° 26′ 37″ northLongitude
28.22618° or 28° 13′ 34″ eastOpen location code
8G8CC6VG+FFOpenStreetMap ID
way 157524052OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q115485959
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Mehmet Agha Mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد محمد آغا”
- Azerbaijani: “Mehmed Ağa məscidi”
- Bengali: “মেহমেত আগা মসজিদ”
- French: “mosquée Mehmet-Agha”
- French: “Mosquée Mehmet-Agha”
- Fulah: “Mehmet Agha Mosque”
- Greek: “Μεχμέτ Αγά Τζαμί”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Mehmed Agha”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Mehmet Agha”
- Russian: “Мехмет Ага Мечеть”
- Turkish: “Mehmet Ağa Camii”
- Urdu: “مسجد محمد آغا (یونان)”
- Urdu: “مسجد محمد آغا”
- Uzbek: “Mehmet ogʻa masjidi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gate of the early Byzantine ‘castle’ and Άγιος Κωνσταντίνος.
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