{"id":5776,"date":"2025-03-31T13:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T13:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/completion-of-thessaloniki-mosque-restoration-set-for-2026\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T13:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T13:51:12","slug":"completion-of-thessaloniki-mosque-restoration-set-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/completion-of-thessaloniki-mosque-restoration-set-for-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Completion of Thessaloniki mosque restoration set for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1265689\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3847201-320x200.jpg?v=1743425350\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3847201.jpg?v=1743425349\" alt=\"Completion of Thessaloniki mosque restoration set for 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3847201-960x600.jpg?v=1743425350\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[InTime News]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Thessaloniki\u2019s historic Hamza Bey Mosque, known to locals as the Alkazar, is set to be handed over to the city early next year 2026, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni has said during an inspection of its restoration works.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Funded with \u20ac11 million from the Recovery and Resilience Fund, the restoration project is being carried out by the Ministry of Culture\u2019s Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments Restoration Department in collaboration with Thessaloniki\u2019s antiquities ephorate.<\/p>\n<p>Given the extensive wear, alterations, and interventions the monument \u2013 the oldest Ottoman mosque in Thessaloniki \u2013 has undergone over the centuries, its restoration is a complex and demanding task.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past six years, we have implemented projects and initiatives in Thessaloniki totaling more than \u20ac100 million from EU and national funds. This reflects our commitment to preserving the city\u2019s rich heritage,\u201d Mendoni stated.<\/p>\n<p>Built in 1467 by Hafse Hatun, daughter of military commander Hamza Bey, the mosque is located at the intersection of Egnatia and Venizelou streets. For decades, its peristyle courtyard housed the Alkazar cinema, a name still ingrained in the city\u2019s collective memory.<\/p>\n<p>It was registered as a historical and archaeological monument in 1926.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1265689\/completion-of-thessaloniki-mosque-restoration-set-for-2026\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[InTime News] Thessaloniki\u2019s historic Hamza Bey Mosque, known to locals as the Alkazar, is set to be handed over to the city early next year 2026, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni has said during an inspection of its restoration works.\u00a0 Funded with \u20ac11 million from the Recovery and Resilience Fund, the restoration project is being carried &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Completion of Thessaloniki mosque restoration set for 2026\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/completion-of-thessaloniki-mosque-restoration-set-for-2026\/#more-5776\" aria-label=\"Read more about Completion of Thessaloniki mosque restoration set for 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3847201-960x600.jpg?v=1743425350","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}