Kara Moussa Pascha
Kara Musa Paşa—whose name sits on this mosque’s Greek title, Τζαμί Καρά Μουσά Πασά—was tied to the Ottoman transformation of Rethymno. The mosque was built in the c. 1680s, with one prominent possibility placing its founding around the time of Ottoman conquest in 1646. It is believed to have been erected on the site of a Venetian monastery dedicated to Saint Barbara, after that religious site was converted to a mosque in the seventeenth century. Ottoman builders then added a dome and a minaret, while a small fountain nearby, topped with a dome, marked the approach: one side faced Arkadiou Street, the other the mosque courtyard, and its covered space held the mosque’s entrance. …
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