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"The low pink-and-white building with the arched porch on the edge of Monastiraki Square is a mosque. Built seventeen fifty-nine, no minaret any more, and it's a museum now. Look at the plaster on it. That smooth white finish is why anybody remembers the man who built it. He was Mustafa Agha Tzistarakis, the Ottoman governor of Athens."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
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Hear the full story at The Tzistarakis Mosque
This is just one of 12 stops on the The Village That Appeared Overnight tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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