Mosque of the Janissaries
Finally, is not Rethymnon but Chania, about 66km west. It’s another interesting old city, the former capital of Crete, and this is said to be the oldest and most mesmerizing Islamic edifice on the island, built right on the old Venetian port [where we had a very pleasant seafood lunch].
It’s called the either the Mosque of the Janissaries or Yiali Tzamisi Mosque [seaside mosque]. It was built on the ruins of an ancient Venetian church and was solely used by the Janissaries (Turkish soldiers during the Ottoman era). The mosque was constructed around 1645.
Mosque of the Janissaries
Finally, is not Rethymnon but Chania, about 66km west. It’s another interesting old city, the former capital of Crete, and this is said to be the oldest and most mesmerizing Islamic edifice on the island, built right on the old Venetian port [where we had a very pleasant seafood lunch].
It’s called the either the Mosque of the Janissaries or Yiali Tzamisi Mosque [seaside mosque]. It was built on the ruins of an ancient Venetian church and was solely used by the Janissaries (Turkish soldiers during the Ottoman era). The mosque was constructed around 1645.