Tag Archive | "Mosque"
Sultanahmet Mosque (Blue Mosque)
This mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I during 1609-1616 in the square carrying his name in İstanbul. The architect is Sedefhar Mehmet Ağa. It is the only mosque in Turkey with six minarets.
Continue reading...Laleli Mosque
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Laleli Mosque is at the Ordu and Fethi Bey Streets in the Laleli. Mosque is consist of a mosque, madrasa, fountain, sabil, soup-kitchen, a room for the timekeeper of the mosque, and a han.
Continue reading...Suleymaniye Mosque
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
At one’s first glance there are two things that are particularly remarkable in the ancient monuments of the Ottomans: the choice of the site and the perfect unity of the whole.
Continue reading...Ortaköy Mosque
Thursday, July 30, 2009
The Ortakoy Mosque is situated on the waterside of the Ortaköy pier square in the Beşiktaş District, one of the most popular locations on the Bosphorus.
Continue reading...Mihrimah Sultan Mosque
Friday, June 5, 2009
It is one of the two complexes in Istanbul which were built on the instructions of Süleyman the Magnificient in 1548 in memory of his daughter Mihrimah Sultan, and has an attribute of carrying the same name in Edirnekapi District.
Continue reading...Selimiye Mosque
Friday, May 15, 2009
The Selimiye Mosque, located near the Selimiye Kışlası (Selimiye Barracks), was built with a muvakkithane (time-keeping room), a water fountain, and a sabil (sebil) by Sultan Selim III .
Continue reading...Mihrimah Sultan Mosque
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
The Mihrimah Sultan mosque is located on Fevzi Pasa Street at Edirnekapi neighborhood in Fatih County. The mosque was built between 1562-1565 by the architect Sinan by the order of Mihrimah Sultan, daughter of Süleyman the Magnificent.
Continue reading...Rustem Pasa Mosque
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
The Rüstem Paşa Mosque was built by a famous Croatian, Rüstem Pasha (1500-1561), one of the Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire and married to the daughter of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent, Mihrimah Sultan
Continue reading...Eyup Sultan Mosque
Monday, March 23, 2009
The Mosque and Mausoleum of Eyüp Sultan, located outside the corner where the land walls meet the walls along the Golden Horn, is considered a sacred site for Moslems.
Continue reading...Fatih Mosque
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Fatih Complex is the first complex built after the conquest of Istanbul by Sultan Mehmed II in 1453. It extends over a large area and is located on Fevzi Paşa Street. It is a very large complex, which includes a mosque, a madrasah (religious school), a daruşşifa (hospital), a Turkish bath, a [...]
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
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