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The Clock tower of Xanthi () is an Ottoman-era monument located in the central square of the town of
Xanthi Xanthi is a city in the region of Western Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Xanthi regional unit of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace. Amphitheatrically built on the foot of Rhodope mountain chain, the city is divided ...
, in northern
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(region of
Western Thrace Western Thrace or West Thrace (, '' ytikíThráki'' ), also known as Greek Thrace or Aegean Thrace, is a geographical and historical region of Greece, between the Nestos and Evros rivers in the northeast of the country; East Thrace, which lie ...
).


Description

It was built in
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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
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additions. In 1941 during the occupation of the area by Bulgarian troops, it was partially destroyed, an in 1972 (during
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) 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
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.


See also

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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 ...
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Ottoman Greece The vast majority of the territory of present-day Greece was at some point incorporated within the Ottoman Empire. The period of Ottoman rule in Greece, lasting from the mid-15th century until the successful Greek War of Independence broke out ...
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Ottoman architecture Ottoman architecture is an architectural style or tradition that developed under the Ottoman Empire over a long period, undergoing some significant changes during its history. It first emerged in northwestern Anatolia in the late 13th century an ...


References

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