Arap Camii

Exterior: Northeast Facade

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

Photographer
Image Source

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

Image Date
23-Jul-13