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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Retimo Latin: Dioecesis Rhithymnensis) was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the town of Rethymo (modern day Rethymno) on the north coast of the island of Crete. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was established around 1250 AD.
Very shortly after the town of Rethymno was conquered by the Ottomans, they demolished the church and built the mosque, dedicated to Sultan Ibrahim I in 1648, with a large, imposing dome. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] The complaed became property of the city of Rethymno in 1971; it was restored between 2002 and 2004 by the Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities, and ...
[1] [3] Another date of erection suggested is 1683. [3] Today it is preserved in its entirety in good condition, save for its minaret, of which only the base survives. [ 2 ] It has been restored by the Greek Archaeological Service , and is being considered to be made into a museum about the Ottoman architecture of Crete.
After the conquest of Rethymno by the Ottomans, the monastery was turned into a mosque, which was known as the Mosque of Gazi Hüseyin Pasha or the Neradje Mosque. Following the 1923 population exchange between Turkey and Greece and the departure of the Muslim population of Crete in 1924, the building was turned into a music school .
The Cathedral of Saint Jacob and Saint Christopher (Greek: Καθεδρικός Ναός Αγίου Χριστοφόρου και Ιακώβου) or the Catholic Metropolitan Church (Greek: Ιερός Καθολικός Μητροπολιτικός Ναός, Italian: Duomo is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia.
It consists of the unification of the pre-existing municipalities Arkadi, Lappa, Rethymno and Nikiforos Fokas of Rethymno Prefecture. The extent of the new municipality is 396.256 km 2 (152.995 sq mi), [3] and it had a population of 57,216 inhabitants at the 2021 census. [2] The seat of the new municipality is the town Rethymno. [4]
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence The Penitent Magdalene is a wooden sculpture of Mary Magdalene by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello , now usually dated to around 1440. The sculpture was probably commissioned for the Baptistery of Florence .
The Association of Hotel owners in co-operation with the Municipality of Rethymno organises a similar treasure hunt game each summer, as part of the celebration of the "International Day of Tourism". Visitors of Rethymno are at that point invited to participate and the winners are awarded 'all included' holidays in Rethymno. [1]