Kavala, Koçan Köyü Câmii

Koçan (Akrovounion) Village, located 25 km southwest of Kavala, was settled by Greeks from Anatolia after the exchange (1923). The mosque of Kochani, an old Turkish village, was converted into a church in 1924 by the newly arrived immigrants. The interior of the mosque, whose minaret was destroyed down to its balcony, was furnished with icons and a wooden cross was placed in front of the mihrab. Since the village was completely abandoned, the unused building was wholly demolished in 2014, except for the minaret, and a new church was built on the foundations of the old mosque. A wooden frame and a cone roof were built over the body of the minaret and turned into a bell tower.