Halil Bey Mosque In Kavala City, Macedonia, Greece. Royalty-Free Stock Photo

The Halil Bey Mosque is located at the centre of the peninsula, near the Castle and on roads that lead to the acropolis and the gates of the peninsula walls. It is believed that the mosque was built during the reconstruction of the town, in around 1530.Excavations have uncovered the first Christian house of worship in the walled city on this spot, namely the three-aisled Early Christian Byzantine church of Agia Paraskevi the remains of which can be seen through the glass floor of the mosque, as well as a small Byzantine-era cemetery. In the early centuries of Ottoman rule it was common practice for mosques to be built on the site of churches or for churches to be converted into mosques.