Zincirli Mosque, Serres

The Zincirli Mosque (Greek: Ζινζιρλί Τζαμί, meaning "mosque of the chains" in Turkish) is a historical mosque in the city of Serres in northern Greece.

Zincirli Mosque
Front view of the mosque in 2011
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Region	Central Macedonia
Year consecrated	late 16th century
Location
Municipality	Serres
Country	Greece
Shown within Greece
Geographic coordinates	41°05′17.0″N 23°33′13.4″E
Architecture
Style	Ottoman architecture

The mosques is located in the southwestern corner of the city.[1] A middle-size mosque, it comprises a central, square prayer space with a two-storey colonnaded portico on its eastern, northern, and western sides; the qibla lies in the southern side, while the entrance is from the northern.[1] The central space is covered by a dome, while the porticoes are topped by keel-shaped domes.[1] The pulpit (minbar) is located on the southwestern corner of the building. It is made of marble, and is one the finest examples surviving in Greece today.[1] The entrance features a column-supported porch topped by small domes above the spaces between the columns.[1] While the main structure's masonry features dressed or rough stones surrounded by bricks, the porch is entirely of carefully dressed limestone ashlars.[1]

Its architecture and layout of the building are typical of the late 16th century, following the school of Mimar Sinan, and analogous to buildings of the same period in Istanbul.[1]

References

1. Dadaki, Spyridoula. "Ζινζιρλί Tζαμί: Περιγραφή" (in Greek). Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 2 December 2018.