Inside the Halil Bey Mosque in Kavala, Greece - August 2014
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Halil Bey Mosque and yard is situated in the old town of Kavala and is a beautiful place to visit.
Full of colors and built on a great architecture mode, Halil Bey Mosque or "Old Music" as we call it now is a great sight to visit.
wikimapia.org/12748754/Palia-Mousiki-preserved-mosque
Restored during 2008, until early 20th century it used to be a Muslim mosque named after Halil Bey probably the owner or founder of the mosque. It is now restored and transformed to a museum-like building, during restoration works ruins and parts of an Orthodox Christian church were found beneath its foundations, a common phenomenon for the old town of Kavala where many different civilizations lived in different times in the same small, wall-restricted area of Kavala's castle town.
There is a glass floor so people can see the church underneath.The greek name of the building is "Palia Mousiki" meaning Old Music.
Nearby cities: Kavala, Municipality of Panorama, Polihni
Coordinates: 40°55'57"N 24°24'55"E
Inside the Halil Bey Mosque in Kavala, Greece - August 2014
alternatrips.gr/en/makedonia/kavala/halil-bey-mosque-kavala
Halil Bey Mosque and yard is situated in the old town of Kavala and is a beautiful place to visit.
Full of colors and built on a great architecture mode, Halil Bey Mosque or "Old Music" as we call it now is a great sight to visit.
wikimapia.org/12748754/Palia-Mousiki-preserved-mosque
Restored during 2008, until early 20th century it used to be a Muslim mosque named after Halil Bey probably the owner or founder of the mosque. It is now restored and transformed to a museum-like building, during restoration works ruins and parts of an Orthodox Christian church were found beneath its foundations, a common phenomenon for the old town of Kavala where many different civilizations lived in different times in the same small, wall-restricted area of Kavala's castle town.
There is a glass floor so people can see the church underneath.The greek name of the building is "Palia Mousiki" meaning Old Music.
Nearby cities: Kavala, Municipality of Panorama, Polihni
Coordinates: 40°55'57"N 24°24'55"E