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Architectural Building Attractions In Trikala Region

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Trikala is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the Trikala regional unit. The city straddles the Lithaios river, which is a tributary of Pineios. According to the Greek National Statistical Service, Trikala is populated by 81,355 inhabitants , while in total the Trikala regional unit is populated by 131,085 inhabitants .
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Architectural Building Attractions In Trikala Region

  • 1. Koursoum Mosque Trikala
    The Osman Shah Mosque or Kursum Mosque is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque in the city of Trikala in Greece. The mosque was founded by Osman Shah, also known as Kara Osman Pasha. Osman was the son of one of Sultan Selim I's daughters, and for a long time dwelt in Trikala as the governor of the local province . The exact dating of the mosque is uncertain, but it was probably built in the period 1550–60, most likely in the late 1550s. Osman attached several charitable establishments to the mosque, among others a madrasah, an alms house, and a caravanserai, and was himself buried in a türbe in the mosque's southern courtyard at the time of his death in 1567/8. By the time of Evliya Çelebi's visit a century later, the mosque was the principal mosque of the city.The mosque itself was built by ...
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