Seyyid Ali Sultan Tekke | Roussa

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Seyyid Ali Sultan Tekke | Roussa

Near the villages of Roussa, Goniko, and Megalo Derio you’ll see the Kizil Deli tekke, a monastery belonging to the Bektashi Sufi order that was founded in 1402. This tekke is a venerated place of pilgrimage for the Bektashi Muslims of Thrace, as the founder of the order, Kizil, is buried there.

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