The Neratze Mosque in Rethymno

Rethymno Excursions: The Neratze Mosque in Rethymno, Crete

The Neratze Mosque in Rethymno: The Neratze Mosque in Rethymno, also known as Gazi Hussein Mosque, is found close to Petichaki square. This building was originally a Venetian church dedicated to Santa Maria and then it became an Augustinian Monastery. However, when the Turks dominated the town in 1657, their leader, Gazi Hussein Pasha, turned it into a mosque.

As part of the reconstruction, three more domes were built and a minaret with two balconies for praying. Its minaret is the

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highest in town although it is in state of preservation today. The chapel of the Body of Christ, close to the mosque, was being used as a religious school.

In 1925, when Crete had got free from the Ottomans, the mosque was turned again into a Christian church dedicated to Agios Nikolaos, but it never actually functioned as a church. Today, Neratze Mosque houses the Municipal Odeon, run by the Rethymno Association for the Promotion of the Arts. Music lessons are held there as well as musical concerts.

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