Cihangir Camii

Date: 1889
Image View Description: Exterior: Western Ornamentation Detail, Central Dome
Creator: Abdulhamid II (Turkish Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1842-1918)
Work Type: architecture
Culture: Turkish
Subject: Islam
Location: Istanbul (Turkey)
Notes: The original building was erected in the 16th century. It was commissioned by Sultan Suleiman I for his son Cihangir. The present building was commissioned by Sultan Abdulhamid II in 1889.
Image Source: Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia Universit
Photographer: Serdar Yalcin
Record ID: 1415_istanbul2014_cihangircamii_img_050


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