The Clock Tower of Komotini (Greek: Πύργος του Ωρολογίου, Turkish: Saat Kule[1]) is a clock tower of the Ottoman period built in the city center of Komotini, in the Western Thrace region of northern Greece next to the town's Yeni Mosque and is dated to the nineteenth century. Today it's located on Ermou street.
The Clocktower next to the Yeni Mosque, Komotini.Ottoman inscription on the Clock Tower of Komotini.
This monument is considered a sample of the Ottoman modernization of 1884 and was erected as tribute to Sultan Abdul Hamit II.[2][3] The tower is adjoined to the mausoleum of Fatma Hanım, the wife of vizier Hasan Pasha. The Clocktower includes both neoclassical and eclectical elements.[4]
In the 1950s, several architectural interventions which resulted in the clocktower and the mosque taking their current shape and form.[5] On the yard the religious authority of the Muslims of Rhodope (the muftia) of Komotini is housed.[5]
^Balkan studies: biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies, Τόμοι 11-12. Θεσσαλονίκη: Ίδρυμα Μελετών Χερσόνησου του Αίμου. 1970. pp. 420.
^Μελκίδη Χρύσα (2006-10-25). "Κομοτηνή". Δικτυακή Πύλη για την ανάδειξη της ιστορικής και της πολιτιστικής φυσιογνωμίας της Περιφέρειας Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας και Θράκης. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
^Mehmet Hatipoglu (2013-01-24). "Ottoman clock towers in Western Thrace". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 2013-01-29.
^Η Οθωμανική Αρχιτεκτονική στην Ελλάδα. Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού (ΥΠ.ΠΟ.). 2008. p. 323. ISBN978-960-214-792-4.
^ ab"Πύργος του Ωρολογίου" [Clocktower]. www.jti-rhodope.eu (in Greek). Retrieved November 24, 2023.
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