Imrahor Camii

Date: ca.450
Image View Description: Exterior: Eastern Facade Detail
Work Type: architecture
Culture: Turkish
Subject: Islam
Location: Istanbul (Turkey)
Notes: Originally built in the mid fifth century by the Roman Senator Stoudios, this sanctuary was intended as a Christian basilica. It was converted into a mosque in 1486 by Ilyas Bey and was destroyed in 1894.
Image Source: Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University
Photographer: Gabriel Rodriguez
Record ID: 1415_istanbul2014_imrahorcamii_img_012


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