Beyazit Mosque

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Beyazit Mosque

The Beyazıt Mosque ( Turkish Beyazıt camii ), also Bayezıt Mosque, is the oldest still existing Sultan Mosque in Istanbul in the district of the same name. It is located on Beyazıt Square ( Beyazıt meydanı ) in front of the entrance to the grounds of Istanbul University and was built between 1501 and 1506 under Sultan Beyazıt II , the son of Mehmed the Conqueror .

Stylistically, it mediates between the architectural model of Hagia Sophia and the Süleymaniye and, together with the older Sultan Bayezid complex in Edirne (err. 1484–1488), marks the beginning of “classical” Ottoman architecture , which was the dominant architectural style for two centuries . It was probably built by the architect Yakup Şah bin Sultanşah, according to other sources by Hayreddin, who also designed the Külliye Beyazıts in Edirne. Only the side arms to the right and left of the portal still belong to the early Ottoman period. With them, far from the main nave, are the two minarets . Inside, half domes surround the sweeping main dome with a diameter of 17 m. The sultan's lodge made of rare marble is remarkable.

The Külliye also includes the Türbengarten (the sultan is buried here), a soup kitchen that now houses a library, the picturesque Sahafar Çarşısı (book market), a primary school, the medrese , in which the calligraphy museum is now, and a bath, today just a big ruin on Ordu Caddesi.

literature

  • Joachim Kramer: Justinian fighter capital . Reichert-Verlag, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 978-3-89500-491-9 , p. 26.
  • Bülent Özükan: Türkiye'nin kutsal mekanları . Boyut Yayın Grubu, Istanbul 2005, ISBN 978-975-521-804-5 , p. 17.
  • Heinz J. Sauermost: Istanbul mosques . Bruckmann Verlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7654-1830-7 .

Web links

Commons : Bayezid II Mosque  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sultan Bajazid's (i.e., Beyazit's) Mosque, Constantinople, Turkey . 1890-1900. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  2. ^ Henri Stierlin, Anne Stierlin: Turkey. From the Selçuks to the Ottomans . Taschen, Cologne 1998, ISBN 978-3-8228-7767-8 , pp. 99-111 .

Coordinates: 41 ° 0 ′ 37 ″  N , 28 ° 57 ′ 55 ″  E