Yeni Mosque
The Yeni Mosque is a former mosque in partial ruins, located in Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, in the North Aegean region of Greece. It was built in 1825 by local governor Mustafa Agha Koulaxiz, the largest and newest of the Ottoman era mosques on the island.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: mosque in Greece
- Also known as: “mosquée Geni”, “Yeni Cami mosque, Mytilini”, and “Yeni Mosque, Mytilene”
- Address: Μυτιλήνη
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Charshi Hamam, Mytilene and Valide Mosque.
Charshi Hamam, Mytilene
Museum
The Çarşı Hamam is an Ottoman bath in the town of Mytilene in Lesbos, Greece.
Valide Mosque
Museum
The Valide Mosque, known locally as the Valide Djami… Valide Mosque is situated 360 metres northwest of Yeni Mosque.
Castle of Mytilene
The Castle of Mytilene, also Fortress of Mytilene… Castle of Mytilene is situated 420 metres east of Yeni Mosque.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mytilene and Moria.
Panagiouda
Village
Panagiouda is a village on the east coast of Lesbos; 6 km north of Mytilene. Panagiouda is situated 4½ km northwest of Yeni Mosque.
Yeni Mosque
- Categories: mosque, cultural center, building, and tourism
- Location: Lesbos, Lesvos, North Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
39.11038° or 39° 6′ 37″ north
Longitude
26.5578° or 26° 33′ 28″ east
Open location code
8GF84H65+54
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=mosque
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Turkish—“Yeni Mosque” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Xhamia e Re (Mitilene)”
- Albanian: “Xhamia e Re”
- Arabic: “مسجد يني”
- Bengali: “ইয়েনি মসজিদ, মাইটিলিন”
- French: “Nouvelle Mosquée”
- Fulah: “Yeni Mosque”
- German: “Neue Moschee (Mytilini)”
- German: “Yeni Cami”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Yeni Mosque, Mytilene”
- Greek: “Γενί Τζαμί Μυτιλήνης”
- Greek: “Γενί Τζαμί”
- Hausa: “Masallacin Yeni”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Yeni Metilene”
- Russian: “Йени Метилен Мечеть”
- Thai: “มัสยิดเยนี (มิติลินี)”
- Thai: “มัสยิดเยนี”
- Turkish: “Yeni Cami, Midilli”
- Turkish: “Yeni Cami”
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