Bab Gedid Mosque
The Bab Gedid Mosque, also known as the Eski Mosque was an Ottoman-period mosque on the Aegean island of Kos, in southeastern Greece, before it was badly damaged in an earthquake in 1933 and finally demolished a few years later in 1935. Today its octagonal stone minaret is all that survives from the original structure.
History
According to some plausible—but far from certain—speculations the Bab Gedid Mosque was built in 1586, a few decades after the island's conquest by the Ottomans; if true, that would make the surviving minaret the oldest Ottoman monument on the island. Some more moderate suggestions place its construction in 1777 at the end of the bazaar, funded by Mourabit Hadji Moustafa Agha and his wife.It was located on the hill of the citadel in what is today the Diagoras Square, at the far end of the then-Muslim quarter of Kos town, which was densely built. To the east of the old mosque stood the outdoor fountain which was used for washing and cleansing before the prayer, as well as a small cemetery. Its name, Bab Gedid, translates to "mosque of the new gate," and it was also known as Yeni Kapı Mosque.
The mosque was damaged badly in an earthquake that shook Kos in 1933, and then demolished around 1935, except for its minaret, in order to implement the new town plan.