Session
Architecture and Spatial Planning
Description
As part of the Architectural Heritage-Past and Future Challenges for the Region and Architecture Values and Heritage session, I will offer the participants of the 5th IC ASPC 2016 a glimpse at one of the greatest, monumental Islamic structures built in once Ottoman Kavala and still existing with its whole grandeur in today’s Greece, The Mehmed Ali’s IMARET.
The Imaret külye (complex) of Kavala, built by Mehmed Ali Pasha, an Ottoman general and the future founder of the Egyptian Dynasty, is one of the most outstanding Islamic historical monuments in today’s Greece, dominating the view of the old hilly peninsula of the port city of Kavala. Its unique architecture and history, together with the history of its host town, is an incredible example of an immaculate historical preservation and transformation of one exuisite monumental structure, initially built for utilitarian, educational and cosmopolitan purposes, and transformed into one incredible leasure complex and seat of todays Mo.H.A. (Motives for Heritage Acquaintance) Research Center in Kavala, Greece.
Keywords:
Heritage, Protection of the Cultural Heritage, Historical Preservation and protection, Ottoman, imarets, continuity, past and future traditions, revitalization, Muslim culture, civilizations, Balkans, Greece, Mediterranean, Egypt, Islam in the Balkans, heritage and conflict, endangered heritage
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-437-52-3
First Page
15
Last Page
27
Location
Durres, Albania
Start Date
28-10-2016 9:00 AM
End Date
30-10-2016 5:00 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2016.61
Recommended Citation
Velika, Ivkovska, "The Imaret of Mehmed Ali Pasha Preservation and Transformation of an Ottoman and Egyptian Heritage into a Masterpiece of Heritage Protection and Revitalization in Greece" (2016). UBT International Conference. 61.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2016/all-events/61
Included in
The Imaret of Mehmed Ali Pasha Preservation and Transformation of an Ottoman and Egyptian Heritage into a Masterpiece of Heritage Protection and Revitalization in Greece
Durres, Albania
As part of the Architectural Heritage-Past and Future Challenges for the Region and Architecture Values and Heritage session, I will offer the participants of the 5th IC ASPC 2016 a glimpse at one of the greatest, monumental Islamic structures built in once Ottoman Kavala and still existing with its whole grandeur in today’s Greece, The Mehmed Ali’s IMARET.
The Imaret külye (complex) of Kavala, built by Mehmed Ali Pasha, an Ottoman general and the future founder of the Egyptian Dynasty, is one of the most outstanding Islamic historical monuments in today’s Greece, dominating the view of the old hilly peninsula of the port city of Kavala. Its unique architecture and history, together with the history of its host town, is an incredible example of an immaculate historical preservation and transformation of one exuisite monumental structure, initially built for utilitarian, educational and cosmopolitan purposes, and transformed into one incredible leasure complex and seat of todays Mo.H.A. (Motives for Heritage Acquaintance) Research Center in Kavala, Greece.