Ortakoy mosque
The Ortaköy Mosque ( Turkish Ortaköy Camii ; actually Büyük Mecidiye Camii ) is a mosque in Istanbul 's Beşiktaş district at the port of Ortaköy . It was built between 1853 and 1856 on behalf of Abdülmecid I.
history
On the instructions of Mahmud Ağa, the son-in-law of Grand Vizier İbrahim Pasha , a house of prayer was built in 1721 at the current site of the Ortaköy Mosque. This was badly damaged in the so-called Patrona Halil uprising in 1730 and was probably rebuilt with a minaret and a box for the Sultan ( mahfel-i hümayun ) at the end of the 1740s by order of Devattar Mehmed Kethüda Ağas, Mahmud Ağa's son-in-law .
In 1853, Abdülmecid I commissioned the Armenian architect Nigoğayos Bey Balyan , son of Garabed Amira Balyan , to build a new mosque. The Ortaköy Mosque, planned in the neo-baroque style , was completed in 1856. In 1894 the building had to be renovated after an earthquake. In 1960 the foundation was strengthened. Another restoration took place in 1984 after a fire.
literature
- Afife Batur: Ortakoy Camii. In: Tarih Vakfı (ed.): Dünden Bugüne İstanbul Ansiklopedisi. Volume 6, Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, Istanbul 1994, ISBN 975-7306-00-2 .
- Tahsin Öz: İstanbul Camileri. 3. Edition. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, Ankara 1997, ISBN 975-16-0882-1 .
Picture gallery
Mosque on the Bosphorus side
Inside the mosque
Inside view of the vault
View of the Mosque and the Bridge of the Martyrs of July 15th
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Web links
- Entry to the Ortaköy Mosque on the website of the city of Istanbul
Coordinates: 41 ° 2 ′ 50 ″ N , 29 ° 1 ′ 37 ″ E