Zincirli Mosque, Serres

The Zincirli Mosque, officially the Zinzirli Mosque (Greek: Ζινζιρλί Τζαμί, meaning "mosque of the chains" in Turkish), is a former mosque in the city of Serres in the Central Macedonia region of northern Greece. Completed in the late 16th century during the Ottoman era, the mosque was abandoned in 1912, following the Balkan Wars, and was subsequently renovated.

The former mosque is located in the southwestern corner of the city.^[1] It was completed in late 16th century, founded by the children of Selçuk Sultan, who ordered mosque in memory of their mother.

A middle-size mosque, it comprises a central, square prayer space with a two-storey colonnaded portico on its eastern, northern, and western sides; the qibla lies in the southern side, while the entrance is from the northern.^[1] The central space is covered by a dome, while the porticoes are topped by keel-shaped domes.^[1] The pulpit (minbar) is located on the southwestern corner of the building. It is made of marble, and is one of the finest examples surviving in Greece today.^[1] The entrance features a column-supported porch topped by small domes above the spaces between the columns.^[1] While the main structure's masonry features dressed or rough stones surrounded by bricks, the porch is entirely of carefully dressed limestone ashlars.^[1]

Its architecture and layout of the building are typical of the late 16th century, following the school of Mimar Sinan, and analogous to buildings of the same period in Istanbul.^[1] The former mosque was restored in 2000, and as of 2021 it was not open for worship.

• Islam in Greece
• Ottoman Greece
• List of former mosques in Greece

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