İmrahor İlyas Bey Camii

Monastery of Saint John Stoudios
Alternative Names
İmrahor İlyas Bey Mosque
Studios Manastırı
Hagios İoannes Prodromos Kilisesi
Μονή του Αγίου Ιωάννη του Προδρόμου «εν τοις Στουδίου»
Monē tou Hagiou Iōannē tou Prodromou "en tois Stoudiou"
Monastery of Saint John the Forerunner "at Stoudios"
Stoudion
Date
ca. 450 CE
Work Type

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.

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