Arap Camii

Interior: Prayer Hall; Southwest Aisle

Title Variant
Arab Mosque
Date

13th century

Geographic Coordinates
41.024277, 28.970926

Work Type

Notes

Originally a 13th century church dedicated to San Domenico. Consecrated to mosque between 1475-1478 by Sultan Mehmed II. Sultan Bayezid later assigned the mosque to Arab Muslims of Andalusia who fled the Spanish Inquisition.

Culture

Image Date
23-Jul-13
Image Source

Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University

Photographer