Old mosque of Adana
The Old Mosque of Adana ( Turkish Eski Cami or Yağ Camiî , called "Oil Mosque") is an Armenian church that was converted into a mosque in 1501 on Alimünif Street in the old town of Adana ( Seyhan district ).
The French traveler Bertrandon de la Broquière mentioned a St. John's church on the site in the 15th century. The building was originally the Armenian Church of St. Jacob and was converted into a mosque in 1501 under Ramazanoğlu Halil Bey. The chronicler Evliya Çelebi called it “Old Mosque” in his Seyahatnâme and explained that there was an old church in front of it. Halil Bey's son, Piri Mehmet Pascha, built the minaret in 1525 and the madrasah of the mosque complex in 1558 . Because of the oil market in front of the entrance to the mosque, it is also called the "oil mosque".
The rectangular prayer hall of the Seljuk extended style of a big mosque building is by four rows of columns in five ships divided. The apse of the previous church now corresponds to the mihrab . The entrance to the mosque is made of yellow and white stone.
The structure was restored after the Adana Ceyhan earthquake in 1998.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Başka bir mimari, başka bir sanat: Yağ Camii. Retrieved February 16, 2016 .
- ^ A look into Adana's history by Incirlik Air Base. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 22, 2011 ; Retrieved February 19, 2016 .
Coordinates: 36 ° 59 ′ 1 ″ N , 35 ° 19 ′ 37 ″ E