Eyup Sultan Camii

Interior: Central Prayer Hall, Southeast Wall

Creator

el-Fatih
Turkish
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
1432-1481
Turkish
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
1761-1808
Title Variant
Eyup Sultan Mosque
Date

1459, rebuilt 1800

Geographic Coordinates
41.04753, 28.934235

Work Type

Notes

The Eyup Sultan mosque was originally completed in 1459 under the patronage of Mehmed II. It was destroyed in the 1766 earthquake and was rebuilt under the patronage of Selim III. Construction was completed in 1800.

Culture

Subject

Islam
Ottoman (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