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Alaca Imaret mosque

Alaca Imaret Mosque or Ishak Pasha Mosque, literally the "colourful mosque", is a 15th-century Ottoman in , .
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: mosque in Greece
  • Also known as: “Alaca İmaret Camii” and “Alaca Imaret Mosque”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hagios Demetrios and Yeni Hamam.

Church
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The Church of Saint Demetrius, or , is the main sanctuary dedicated to Saint Demetrius, the patron saint of , dating from a time when it was the second largest city of the Byzantine Empire. is situated 160 metres west of Alaca Imaret mosque.

Historic building
Photo: Knop92, Public domain.
The is a building dating to the Ottoman period in , . It was apparently built in the last quarter of the sixteenth century by Khusref Kenkhuda, a property owner in Thessaloniki who probably served as Kehaya for the Vizier Sokolou Mehmet Pasha.

Archaeological site
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The of the Upper City in is one of the few and best preserved of the Byzantine baths that have survived from the Byzantine period in . is situated 270 metres east of Alaca Imaret mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Upper Town and Tsinari.

Suburb
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or Ano Poli is the old town of and is located around the city's acropolis north of the city center. The neighborhood is known for its well preserved Byzantine and Ottoman era structures and urban design and as a center for Thessaloniki's poets, intellectuals, and bohemians.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Alaca Imaret mosque

Latitude
40.63921° or 40° 38′ 21″ north
Longitude
22.94965° or 22° 56′ 59″ east
Inception
1484
Open location code
8GG4JWQX+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 158773003
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q12271333
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Alaca Imaret mosque” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Xhamia Alaxha Imaret”
  • Arabic: “حرفياً ‘المسجد الملون’”
  • Arabic: “مسجد ألاغا عمارت”
  • Arabic: “مسجد إسحاق باشا”
  • Bengali: “আলাকা ইমারেত মসজিদ”
  • Bulgarian: “Аладжа Имарет джамия”
  • Bulgarian: “Аладжа имарет”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita d’Ishak Paixà”
  • Chinese: “阿拉贾粥厂清真寺”
  • Czech: “Mešita Alaca Imaret”
  • French: “Alaca Imaret”
  • French: “mosquée Alaca imaret”
  • French: “mosquée Ishak-Pacha”
  • French: “Mosquée Ishak-Pacha”
  • German: “Alaca Imaret-Moschee”
  • Greek: “Αλατζά Ιμαρέτ τζαμί”
  • Greek: “Αλατζά Ιμαρέτ”
  • Greek: “Τζαμί Αλατζά Ιμαρέτ”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Alaca”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Aladza”
  • Ladino: “Ishak Pasha Djami”
  • Macedonian: “Алаџа-имарет”
  • Macedonian: “Ишак-пашина џамија”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita Ishak Pasha”
  • Turkish: “Alaca İmaret Camii”
  • Ukrainian: “Аладжа Імарет”

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Highlights include Dimitrion square and Ι.Ν. Αγίου Ιωάννου του Ελεήμονος.

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