Girit, Hanya, Kalami Câmii

Crete, Chania, Kalami Mosque

Church
CountryGreece
CityGirit
Built Year1893
Converted1924
Demolished-
Architect/PatronUnknown
Book Pagep.1036
Sources
  • - Kiliseye Çevrilen Türk Eserleri, s.1036
  • - BOA Y.MTV. 76/106, BOA İ.TPH. 1/1310, Manousakas 2013: 94-95

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Crete, Chania, Kalami Mosque — R.19.131

Crete, Chania, Kalami Mosque — R.19.131

Mehmet Emin Yılmaz (@mimaremin)

R.19.131

YTB Digital Culture Platform

Kiliseye Çevrilen Türk Eserleri 3 / The Turkish Monuments Converted into Churches 3, p. 192

YTB Publications, 2023

Extracted from the public-access source work on the YTB Digital Culture Platform; used with source and author credit.

Crete, Chania, Kalami Mosque — R.19.132

Crete, Chania, Kalami Mosque — R.19.132

Mehmet Emin Yılmaz (@mimaremin)

R.19.132

YTB Digital Culture Platform

Kiliseye Çevrilen Türk Eserleri 3 / The Turkish Monuments Converted into Churches 3, p. 192

YTB Publications, 2023

Extracted from the public-access source work on the YTB Digital Culture Platform; used with source and author credit.

Crete, Chania, Kalami Mosque — R.19.133

Crete, Chania, Kalami Mosque — R.19.133

Mehmet Emin Yılmaz (@mimaremin)

R.19.133

YTB Digital Culture Platform

Kiliseye Çevrilen Türk Eserleri 3 / The Turkish Monuments Converted into Churches 3, p. 193

YTB Publications, 2023

Extracted from the public-access source work on the YTB Digital Culture Platform; used with source and author credit.

Crete, Chania, Kalami Mosque — R.19.134

Crete, Chania, Kalami Mosque — R.19.134

Mehmet Emin Yılmaz (@mimaremin)

R.19.134

YTB Digital Culture Platform

Kiliseye Çevrilen Türk Eserleri 3 / The Turkish Monuments Converted into Churches 3, p. 193

YTB Publications, 2023

Extracted from the public-access source work on the YTB Digital Culture Platform; used with source and author credit.

Crete, Chania, Kalami Mosque — R.19.135

Crete, Chania, Kalami Mosque — R.19.135

Mehmet Emin Yılmaz (@mimaremin)

R.19.135

YTB Digital Culture Platform

Kiliseye Çevrilen Türk Eserleri 3 / The Turkish Monuments Converted into Churches 3, p. 194

YTB Publications, 2023

Extracted from the public-access source work on the YTB Digital Culture Platform; used with source and author credit.

Crete, Chania, Kalami Mosque — R.19.136

Crete, Chania, Kalami Mosque — R.19.136

Mehmet Emin Yılmaz (@mimaremin)

R.19.136

YTB Digital Culture Platform

Kiliseye Çevrilen Türk Eserleri 3 / The Turkish Monuments Converted into Churches 3, p. 194

YTB Publications, 2023

Extracted from the public-access source work on the YTB Digital Culture Platform; used with source and author credit.

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In 1893, a mosque, a school and a bathhouse were built in the village of Kalami, next to the Izzeddin Fortress at the entrance of Suda Port, for the soldiers in the fort and the people living in the vicinity. The mosque is a small rectangular temple built in local style. After the Turkish rule in the region, it was converted into a church under the name of St. Titus. In the old photograph of the building, the minaret in the northeast corner was completely removed during the repairs in the following years. The mihrab of the mosque, which has two windows on the north and west facades and three windows on the east facade, is carried outward from the facade. One of the windows on the west façade was first turned into a door and then covered. The walls of the mosque, where smooth-cut stones are used in the corners and window jambs, are plastered. The epitaph place above the entrance door is empty. A bell was hung above this part. In the interior, the front of the mihrab was raised by two steps and a wooden iconostasis wall was added here.

This digital map visualizes data inspired by Mehmet Emin Yılmaz’s three-volume work Kiliseye Çevrilen Türk Eserleri / The Turkish Monuments Converted into Churches. The source work was published by YTB Publications (2023) and made accessible through the YTB Digital Culture Platform.

Author reference: Mehmet Emin Yılmaz (@mimaremin).

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