Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ottoman mosque”. Today it says “former mosque in monastiraki square”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Museum in Athens, Greece”. It now reads “Former mosque, now museum, in Athens, Greece”.
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The Tsisdarakis Mosque in Monastirali Tsisdarakis Mosque is a mosque in Athens , Greece . The mosque is standing in front of the Monastiraki station . Tsisdarakis was governor of Athens in the middle of the eighteenth century, who constructed this mosque in 1759 , according to an inscription on the mosque. He brought to this mosque some columns from the Temple of Olympian Zeus . But as he did this without due permission of the Sultan, he was heavily fined and chased out from his position. The minaret of the mosque was destroyed after 1821 . After the Greek War of Independence , the mosque was used by the army in various ways, including as prison and barracks. In 1915 it was partly rebuilt and was used as "Museum of Greek Handwork", while in 1923 as "National Museum of Decorative Arts". From 1959 on it became the Museum of Greek Traditional Art. In 1973 the main functions of the Museum of Greek Folk Art moved to 17 Kydanthinaion Str., with the mosque remaining as an Annex to it. Kyriazopoulos pottery collection of ceramics remains in the mosque to this day. In 1981 the building was damaged from an earthquake and was repaired.1
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Tzistarakis Mosque ( ) is an Ottoman mosque, built in 1759, in Monastiraki Square, central Athens , Greece .It is now functioning as an annex of the Museum of Greek Folk Art .
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Tzistarakis Mosque ( , ) is an Ottoman mosque, built in 1759, in Monastiraki Square, central Athens , Greece . It is now functioning as an annex of the Museum of Greek Folk Art .
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Museum in Athens, Greece Tzistarakis Mosque ( Greek : Τζαμί Τζισταράκη , Turkish : Cizderiye Camii ) is an Ottoman mosque, built in 1759, in Monastiraki Square, central Athens , Greece . It is now functioning as an annex of the Museum of Greek Folk Art .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ottoman mosque”. Today it says “former mosque in monastiraki square”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Museum in Athens, Greece”. It now reads “Former mosque, now museum, in Athens, Greece”. Read the current article and compare.
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ottoman mosque
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former mosque in monastiraki square
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