Eğriboz, Meydan Câmii

The Meydan Mosque was located in the centre of Evros, outside the old city walls, at the intersection of today's Antoniou Street and Karamourtzouni Street. Ekrem Hakkı Ayverdi states that the mosque was registered in 1194 (1780 AD) in the the Prime Ministry Archives, in a Book of Waqf. Meydan Mosque is depicted in an engraving by Etienne Rey dated 1843 as having been converted into a church. It is understood from the engraving that the work is a mosque built in the classical style consisting of a single-domed harim and a three-domed narthex. In front of the entrance of the mosque, there was a classical-style fountain with wooden poles. The minaret, on the other hand, was built separately from the mosque, and after the work was converted into a church, the ribbon and cone parts were demolished and turned into a bell tower. After the 1894 earthquake, Meydan Mosque was damaged and destroyed, and the present St. Nicholas Church was built in its place. Since the remains of the walls of the old mosque were used, the current church is in the direction of the qibla.