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Clock Tower Of Xanthi
The Clock tower of Xanthi () is an Ottoman-era monument located in the central square of the town of Xanthi, in northern Greece (region of Western Thrace). Description It was built in 1859 by a rich Muslim local named Hadji Emin Agha, as part of his tribute to the central mosque of the town. The clock tower was part of the market mosque complex, which had been renovated in 1938 losing thus its original design due to the Art Deco, art deco additions. In 1941 during the Bulgarian occupation of Greece, occupation of the area by Bulgarian troops, it was partially destroyed, an in 1972 (during Regime of the Colonels) it was decided to demolish the monument, but after the intervention of the Mufti of Xanthi, the decision was abandoned. During the same period a marble inscription in Arabic text was removed from the monument and destroyed in retaliation for the removal of signs from Greek schools in Istanbul. See also * Clock tower of Komotini * Ottoman Greece * Ottoman architectur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Πύργος του Ρολογιού (Ξάνθη)
Pyrgos or Pyrgus (, 'tower') may refer to: Places Greece *Chalastra, a village in Thessaloniki regional unit *Myrtos Pyrgos, Minoan archaeological site near Myrtos, Crete *Priniatikos Pyrgos, an archaeological site near Istron, in eastern Crete *Pyrgos Dirou, a village in Laconia, municipality of Oitylo, Laconia *Pyrgos Kallistis, a village in the island of Santorini *Panormos, Tinos, Pyrgos, Tinos, a village in the island of Tinos *Pyrgos, Boeotia, a village north of Orchomenos in Boeotia, believed by some to be the site of classical Tegyra *Pyrgos, Corinthia, a mountain village in the municipality of Evrostini, Corinthia *Pyrgos, Elis, capital city of Elis *, a village in the municipal unit of Asterousia, Heraklion, Crete *Pyrgus (Elis), a town of ancient Elis *Pyrgus (Triphylia), a town of ancient Triphylia, in Elis Elsewhere *''Pyrgos'', Greek name for the city of Burgas, Bulgaria *Kato Pyrgos, Pyrgos, Cyprus, a town on Morphou Bay *Pyrgos, Limassol, village near Limasso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clock Tower Of Komotini
The Clock Tower of Komotini (, ) 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. Dated to the nineteenth century, today it is located on Ermou Street. Description This monument is considered a sample of the Ottoman modernization of 1884 and was erected as tribute to Sultan Abdul Hamit II. The tower is adjoined to the mausoleum of Fatma Hanım, the wife of vizier Hasan Pasha. The Clocktower includes both neoclassical and eclectical elements. In the 1950s, several architectural interventions which resulted in the clocktower and the mosque taking their current shape and form. On the yard the religious authority of the Muslims of Rhodope (the ''muftia'') of Komotini is housed. See also * Ottoman Greece * Hayriyye Madrasa * Imaret of Komotini * Clock tower of Xanthi The Clock tower of Xanthi () is an Ottoman-era monument located in the central square of the town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century Architecture In Greece
The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). It was the 9th century of the 2nd millennium. It was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanded beyond its British homeland for the first time during the 19th century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, France, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Catholic Church, in response to the growing influence and power of modernism, secularism and materialism, formed the First Vatican Council in the late 19th century to deal with such problems and confirm ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towers In Greece
A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting structures. Towers are specifically distinguished from buildings in that they are built not to be habitable but to serve other functions using the height of the tower. For example, the height of a clock tower improves the visibility of the clock, and the height of a tower in a fortified building such as a castle increases the visibility of the surroundings for defensive purposes. Towers may also be built for observation, leisure, or telecommunication purposes. A tower can stand alone or be supported by adjacent buildings, or it may be a feature on top of a larger structure or building. Etymology Old English ''torr'' is from Latin ''turris'' via Old French ''tor''. The Latin term together with Greek τύρσις was loaned from a pre-Indo-European Mediterranean language, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clock Towers In Europe
A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units such as the day, the lunar month, and the year. Devices operating on several physical processes have been used over the millennia. Some predecessors to the modern clock may be considered "clocks" that are based on movement in nature: A sundial shows the time by displaying the position of a shadow on a flat surface. There is a range of duration timers, a well-known example being the hourglass. Water clocks, along with sundials, are possibly the oldest time-measuring instruments. A major advance occurred with the invention of the verge escapement, which made possible the first mechanical clocks around 1300 in Europe, which kept time with oscillating timekeepers like balance wheels., pp. 103–104., p. 31. Traditionally, in horology (the study of timekeeping), the term ''clock'' was us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
