Vefa Kilise Camii

Vefa Kilise Camii

Exterior: Eastern Elevation, Apse

Title Variant
Hagios Theodoros Church, Kilise Mosque
Date

11th-12th century

Work Type
Notes

This complex was originally utilized as a Roman Catholic Church. It was converted into a mosque shortly after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in the 15th century.

Culture
Subject
Islam
Byzantine (architecture)
Turkish (architecture)
Comnenian (architecture)
Palaiologan (architecture)
Roman Catholic (architecture)
Image Date
July, 2014
Image Source

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

Photographer
Record ID
1415_istanbul2014_kilisecamii_img_002