During the time of the second Venetian occupation, the mosque was used for Catholic worship, and has been identified, with some degree of certainty, with Saint Antonio of Padua. It was donated by the Venetian General-in-Chief Francesco Morosini to the Franciscan order in 1687, when the city was occupied by the Venetian Republic.
From 1828 to the beginning of 1833, the ‘Allilodidaktiko Boys School‘, was housed here: the name means that in this school teaching was carried out by the most competent students, the so-called ‘Protoscholoi’ or monitors.
Later, at the end of the 19th century, the building was used as a theatre; while in 1915 the interior was remodelled, degrading to a certain extent its original appearance.
For many years the ‘Trianon Cinema‘ was here, while more recently the old mosque has housed the Nauplion Municipal Theatre.
The exact location of the Triannon can be found below.
Geographical Coordinates
Trianon, Nafplio
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