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Suleiman Mosque (Rhodes)

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Suleiman Mosque (Rhodes)

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1. St. Paul's Gate (Rhodes) – Rhodes Old Town loop from Agios Nikolaos

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2. Rhodes Old Town – Mandraki Harbor, Rhodes loop from Neochori

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3. Medieval City Walls of Rhodes – Rhodes Old Town loop from Koskinou

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Sasha Taylor

May 16, 2022

Various architectural elements about this building – namely its dimensions, the thickness of its walls and the location of the minaret, on the south-western flank – suggest the Suleiman Mosque to have been built sometime during the rule of Suleiman the Magnificent (1494-1566), although certain features around it – such as the ablutions fountain, set within the Mosque’s courtyard – are estimated to have been later additions.

Set on top of Socratous street, this Mosque has in all probability been built on the site previously occupied by the church of the Holy Apostles. The construction was endowed with two porches and two square-form, cupola-topped distinct spaces flanking the main hall of prayer. Both the central cupola – rising 15m. above ground – and the lateral ones are covered with lead sheets. Through to the ‘60s, the Mosque’s floor used to be covered in marble plates. The minaret that used to stand next to the hall of prayer – part of which has been removed for safety reasons, given certain static problems of the construction – originally rose more than 24 m. above ground. There is a single, renaissance style marble sculpture ornating the entrance to the northern porch of the Mosque with much speculation still about as to whether it was integrally created on the site or if part of it was created and carried from elsewhere.

Andreas

January 13, 2024

Originally built much earlier, the current mosque complex dates from 1808. The building is plastered pink. The square where the mosque stands is also named after Süleyman I. The mosque's purification fountain dates back to the 16th century. The building is not accessible

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BarneySchmid

October 12, 2024

Impressive building, highest point of the old town

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Location: Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Αιγαίου, Greece

Suleiman Mosque (Rhodes)

1. St. Paul's Gate (Rhodes) – Rhodes Old Town loop from Agios Nikolaos

2. Rhodes Old Town – Mandraki Harbor, Rhodes loop from Neochori

3. Medieval City Walls of Rhodes – Rhodes Old Town loop from Koskinou

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