Interior: Southeastern End of Central Nave, Arch Detail, Engaged Column Capital
Creator
Title Variant
Pantokrator Monastery and Church, Zeyrek Mosque
Date
12th century
Geographic Coordinates
41.019721, 28.957197
Work Type
Notes
This mosque was originally two churches linked by a chapel. The first church was begun by Eirene of Hungary. Upon her death, her husband John II Comnenus saw the construction of the second church, and later on the joining chapel. This site was later used as a monastery and served funerary purposes. It was converted into a mosque by Mehmed II in the 15th century.
Culture
Subject
Islam
Eastern Orthodox Church
Byzantine (architecture)
Turkish (architecture)
Image Date
July, 2014
Image Source
Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University
Photographer