Zeynep Sultan Mosque
Zeynep Sultan Mosque | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
Location | |
Location | Istanbul, Turkey |
Location in the Fatih district of Istanbul | |
Geographic coordinates | 41°0′34.92″N 28°58′44.40″E / 41.0097000°N 28.9790000°ECoordinates: 41°0′34.92″N 28°58′44.40″E / 41.0097000°N 28.9790000°E |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | |
Type | Mosque |
Style | Islamic, Ottoman architecture |
Completed | 1769 |
Minaret(s) | 1 |
The Zeynep Sultan Mosque (in Turkish Zeynep Sultan Camii) is a mosque built in 1769 by 's architect for Ahmed III's daughter Zeynep Sultan. It evokes Byzantine churches because of its architectural style and materials that were used in its construction.
History[]
The mosque is on Alemdar Caddesi (Street) in Istanbul, across the street from Gülhane Park, not far from the Hagia Sophia, and visible from the tram that circulates the city. In the back side of the mosque, there is a building, which was once used as mektep and now being used as primary school. The part once used as sebil[1] is now closed. In front of the mosque, there is a fountain, which was actually part of Abdul-Hamid I's külliye.[2] The fountain was carried here in 1920s when 4. Vakıf Han's construction in Eminönü. The "Osmanlı Araştırmaları Vakfı" (English: Foundation for Research on the Ottoman Empire is above the mosque.
Ottoman military hero Alemdar Mustafa Pasha's grave is in hazîre[3] of the mosque and due to road construction Zeynep Sultan's corpse in the cellar is waiting for the time of her new tomb's construction. The grave of (in office 1792-1794), who was Selim III's Grand Vizier and Zeynep Sultan's second husband, is also in the hazîre of the mosque. From her first Marriage she got the son Mahmud Dramali Pasha.
Zeynep Sultan Mosque entrance
Zeynep Sultan Mosque side and minaret
Zeynep Sultan mosque and sebil
Zeynep Sultan Mosque sebil nearby
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- Religious buildings and structures completed in 1769
- Ottoman mosques in Istanbul
- 18th-century mosques