Hamza Bey Mosque
Fifteenth-century Ottoman mosque with an arcaded courtyard, later a cinema, now an exhibition space.
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This guide to the Hamza Bey Mosque in Thessaloniki follows a fifteenth-century Ottoman prayer hall into its second life as the Alkazar, the cinema that gave locals their name for it. You'll meet the commander's daughter who founded it, the private owners who bought it in nineteen twenty-eight, and the Anatolian refugees who made it their night out. Best heard facing the courtyard arcades, where the summer screenings were held.
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