The Suleymaniye Mosque or Suleiman Mosque was built after the Ottoman conquest of Rhodes in 1522 and is named after Sultan Suleiman. The mosque was reconstructed in 1808 and has been restored several times since then. It is the most significant surviving monument of the Ottoman era in Rhodes. Local tradition states that the mosque was built on the site of an earlier church. Thus, the construction of the mosque dates back to approximately 1522-1523. The 17th-century Ottoman writer and traveler Evliya Ç elebi reported the presence of an inscription on the minaret, which describes repairs carried out in 940 (1533-1534 AD).→