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Vizier Mosque

Coordinates: 38°23′44″N 21°49′42″E / 38.39556°N 21.82833°E / 38.39556; 21.82833
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Ruins of the Vezir Mosque, Nafpaktos, Greece.

The Vezir Mosque (Greek: Βεζίρ Τζαμί, lit.'mosque of the vizier') also known as the Amcazade Hussein Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Amcazâde Hüseyin Paşa Camii)[1] was an Ottoman mosque in the town of Nafpaktos, in western Central Greece, dating to the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century.[2] Today its few remnants lie entirely in ruins.

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The mosque was funded and named after Amcazade Husein Pasha, who was Grand vizier to Ottoman Sultan Mustafa II, and built around 1701–1702.[3] The mosque was part of a larger philanthropic complex that included baths and a fountain, of which only ruins remain; it was built on the site of a previous mosque, called Mosque of the Wells.[2]

Today, only the eastern wall forming the base of the collapsed minaret remains.[2] The cloisonné masonry, a technique which consists of surrounding each stone with bricks, is still visible in the remaining ruins.[4] The bricks used measure about 20 cm across, and about 3–5 cm thick.[5] The mortar used on the minaret's exterior was pinkish/reddish in colour.[5]

In 2020, renovation works for the remaining structures were approved by the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports, which were carried out in the same and following year.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ Cangül, Caner (April 26, 2022). "Amcazade Hüseyin Paşa Camii Kalıntısı, İnebahtı" [Ruins of Amcazade Hussein Pasha Mosque, Nafpaktos]. kulturenvanteri.com/tr/yer/ (in Turkish). Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Mikropoulos 2008, p. 441.
  3. ^ Ameen 2017, p. 26.
  4. ^ Ameen 2017, p. 215.
  5. ^ a b Ameen 2017, pp. 207–8.
  6. ^ Ministry of Culture and Sports 05/056/2020

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38°23′44″N 21°49′42″E / 38.39556°N 21.82833°E / 38.39556; 21.82833