The Faik Pasha Mosque, also known locally as the Imaret of Arta, is one of the very few surviving Ottoman mosques in Epirus. It was built in the late fifteenth century by Faik Pasha, a local Ottoman governor, and sits in a quiet residential quarter west of the castle, slightly off the standard sightseeing path.
Today the mosque is no longer used for worship and is generally closed to the public, but the exterior is striking on its own: a square prayer hall capped by a single dome of unusually wide span, with a tall, slender minaret beside it. The combination of Byzantine churches, Hellenistic ruins, and Ottoman architecture within a few walkable blocks gives Arta its slightly schizophrenic, layered atmosphere.