Imaret of Komotini - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Imaret of Komotini - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Imaret of Komotini () is an imaret complex in the town of Komotini, in the Western Thrace region of northern Greece, and is thought to be one of the oldest surviving Ottoman monuments in Europe.: Το βιβλίο περιέχει σε ξεχωριστά κεφάλαια τα δημοσιευμένα άρθρα του Κιλ: και το οποίο αναφέρει Komotini was made into a great trading and craftsman centre, and the oldest Turkish monument preserved in Europe, the Ghazi Evrenos Imaret, is still to be seen there. It is dated between the early 1360s and the end of the fourteenth century. Its was built by Ottoman conqueror Gazi Ahmed Evrenos near the eastern walls of the Byzantine Koumoutzedes Castle. Ever since 1999 the building has functioned as the Ecclesiastical Museum of the Metropolis of Maroneia and Komotini. Local tradition of Komotini has linked it to a previous Byzantine church dedicated to the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) in this specific location, and supposedly parts of the church were incorporated into the building. Read more on Wikipedia
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