Tzistarakis Mosque

The Tzistarakis Mosque is a former in Square, central Athens, in the region of . Built in 1759 during the Ottoman era, the building has since been repurposed as a traditional art – as an annex of the Museum of Greek Folk Art.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in Greece
  • Also known as: “‘مسجد السوق السفلي’”, “‘مسجد النافورة السفلى’”, “Djistaraki”, “Djistaraki Mosque”, “Τζαμί Τζισδαράκη”, “Джиздерие”, “Дзисдараки”, “Дзистараки”, “Цидаракис”, “Циздерие”, “Цисдараки”, “Цистараки”, and “Цистаракис”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Parthenon and Hadrian’s Library.

Photo: Elena Tatiana Chis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a former temple on the… is situated 500 metres south of Tzistarakis Mosque.

Archaeological site
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Hadrian's Library is the ruin of a monumental building…

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The or Temple of Athena Polias… is situated 430 metres south of Tzistarakis Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monastiraki and Psyri.

Neighborhood
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is a flea market neighborhood in the old…

Neighborhood
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or Psiri or Psyrri or Psirri is a gentrified…

Neighborhood
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is a scenic tiny neighborhood of the center…

Tzistarakis Mosque

Latitude
37.97597° or 37° 58′ 34″ north
Longitude
23.72602° or 23° 43′ 34″ east
Operator
Μουσείο Νεότερου Ελληνικού Πολιτισμού
Open location code
8G95XPGG+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 729674900
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q15958739
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Uzbek—“Tzistarakis Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Xhamia Cistarakis”
  • Albanian: “Xhamia e Xhisdharaqit”
  • Arabic: “مسجد تزيستاراكيس”
  • Armenian: “Ցիստարակիս մզկիթ”
  • Bengali: “জিস্টারাকিস মসজিদ”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita de Tzistarakis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد Tsisdarakis”
  • Finnish: “Tzistarákiksen moskeija”
  • French: “mosquée Tzistarakis”
  • French: “Mosquée Tzistarakis”
  • Fulah: “Tzistarakis Mosque”
  • German: “Tzistarakis-Moschee”
  • Greek: “Τζαμί Τζισταράκη”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Dzisdarakis”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Tzistarakis”
  • Italian: “Moschea Tzistarakis”
  • Japanese: “ツィスタラキス・モスク”
  • Russian: “Дзисдаракис”
  • Russian: “Цистаракис мечеть”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita Tzistarakis”
  • Turkish: “Cizderiye Camii, Atina”
  • Turkish: “Cizderiye Camii”
  • Urdu: “زیستراکیس مسجد”
  • Uzbek: “Tzistarakis masjidi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Vaulted bed of Eridanos river and Monastiraki.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: GES and Adrianos Travel.

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