Budala Hodja Tekke
The Budala Hodja Tekke (Greek: Τεκές του Μπουνταλά Χότζα, Turkish: Budala Hoca Tekkesi) is a historical religious structure in Greece dating from the Ottoman Period (c. 1450 – 1820). It was a Sufi lodge, called a tekke by the Ottoman Sufi adherents who used it.
Budala Hodja Tekke is in Western Thrace, close to Greece's border with Bulgaria, in the village of Thermes in the Xanthi regional unit.
Description
The tekke building includes a türbe (a type of mausoleum), a gathering hall, and a hammam, or Turkish bath. The tekke was renovated recently with funding from by Saudi Arabia. This renovation, according to historian Heath W. Lowry, destroyed the original shape of the tekke. The only reminder of the original shape is a domed section of the hammam.[1]
The hammam is located on a river bank. Bathwater comes from a nearby hot spring; the temperature can be as high as 41 degrees Celsius.[2]
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See also
References
- ^ Heath W. Lowry (2009). In the Footsteps of the Ottomans: A Search for Sacred Spaces & Architectural Monuments in Northern Greece. Istanbul: Mary Martin Booksellers / Bahçesehir University Publications. pp. 30–31. ISBN 9789756437865. Archived from the original on December 8, 2012.
- ^ Κώστας Ζαχαρόπουλος; Πέπη Λουλακάκη; Ηλίας Μπαρμπίκας; Χρήστος Σχοινίας; Γιώργος Χριστοδουλόπουλος (2001). Τα Λουτρά της Ελλάδας - Περιηγητικός Οδηγός. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη. p. 124. ISBN 960-03-3057-3.
External links
- Media related to Budali Hodja Tekke at Wikimedia Commons