The üçüKüçük Hasan Pasha Mosque or Yalı Mosque (, from ) is a former Ottoman mosque and exhibition hall in Chania, Crete, Greece.

History

The building was originally constructed as a mosque after the conquest of Chania by Ottoman Empire in 1645 to honor Küçük Hasan Pasha. After the Greco-Turkish population exchange in 1923, the mosque ceased to function and in 1939 its minarets were demolished. During World War II, it housed the Archaeological Museum of Chania. Later on, it was used as storehouse, folklore museum, visitor center and exhibition hall.

Küçük Hasan Pasha Mosque

See also

Islam in Greece

Ottoman Crete

References

1645 establishments in the Ottoman Empire

Buildings and structures in Chania

Former mosques in Greece

Mosques completed in 1645

Ottoman mosques in Crete

Mosque buildings with domes

17th-century architecture in Greece

Küçük Hasan Pasha Mosque