Vefa Kilise Camii

Church-Mosque of Vefa
Alternative Names
Kilise Camii
Molla Gürâni Camii
Aziz Teodoros Kilisesi
Ἄγιος Θεοδόρος ἑν τὰ Καρβουνάρια
Church of St. Theodore
Hagios Theodoros ta Karvounaria
Date
ca. 1100
Work Type
Material/Technique

This complex was originally utilized as a Roman Catholic Church. It was converted into a mosque shortly after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in the 15th century.

References

  • Exterior: Southern Facade
  • Exterior: Southern Facade
  • Exterior: Southern Facade
  • Exterior: Southern Facade
  • Exterior: Southern Facade
  • Exterior: Western Facade, Entrance
  • Exterior: Western Facade
  • Exterior: Western Facade, Entrance
  • Exterior: Western Facade, Entrance
  • Exterior: Western Facade
  • Exterior: Western Facade
  • Exterior: Blind Niche, Northern Facade
  • Exterior: Northern Facade, Blind Niche
  • Exterior: Northern Facade, Blind NIche
  • Exterior: Nearby Structures
  • Exterior: Northern Facade
  • Exterior: Northern Facade; Wall
  • Exterior: Dome, Viewed from Garden
  • Exterior: Dome, Apse, Viewed from East
  • Exterior: Northern Facade
  • Exterior: Western Facade; Entrance
  • Interior: Outer Narthex, South Dome, Support Structures
  • Interior: Outer Narthex, South Dome, Support Structures
  • Interior: Outer Narthex, Facing North, Domed Bays
  • Interior: Outer Narthex, Facing North, Domed Bays
  • Interior: Outer narthex, Facing South, Domed Bays
  • Interior: Outer Narthex, Central Dome
  • Interior: Outer Narthex, South Dome
  • Interior: Outer Narthex facing South
  • Interior: Outer Narthex, Central Dome
  • Interior: Outer Narthex, Central Dome
  • Interior: Outer Narthex, South Dome
  • Interior: Exonarthex, Looking into Narthex and Central Prayer…
  • Interior: Exonarthex
  • Interior: Exonarthex
  • Interior: North Exonarthex looking East
  • Interior: North Exonarthex looking West
  • Interior: North Exonarthex looking West
  • Interior: South Exonarthex looking West
  • Interior: South Exonarthex looking West
  • Interior: South Exonarthex Dome Mosaic Detail
  • Interior: South Exonarthex Dome Mosaic Detail
  • Interior: South Exonarthex Dome Mosaic Detail
  • Interior: South Exonarthex Dome Mosaic Detail
  • Interior: South Exonarthex Dome Mosaic Detail
  • Interior: South Exonarthex Dome Mosaic Detail
  • Interior: South Exonarthex Dome Mosaic Detail
  • Interior: South Exonarthex Dome Mosaic Detail
  • Interior: South Exonarthex Dome Mosaic Detail
  • Interior: South Exonarthex Dome Mosaic Detail
  • Interior: South Exonarthex Dome Mosaic Detail
  • Interior: Mihrab Niche; Apse; Facing Southeast, Inscription
  • Interior: Pulpit; North Wall
  • Interior: Minbar; South Elevation
  • Interior: Mihrab Niche, Apse
  • Interior: North Aisle, Facing East; Pulpit
  • Interior: Minbar; Southern Aisle
  • Interior: Mihrab Niche; Apse, Calligraphic Inscription
  • Interior: Central Dome
  • Interior: Western Entrance; Entrances to Narthex, Exonarthex
  • Interior: Window, North Narthex
  • Interior: Window Detail, South Narthex
  • Interior: Narthex facing North
  • Interior: Narthex facing South
  • Interior: Column Capital Detail
  • Interior: Column Capital Detail
  • Interior: Column Capital Detail
  • Exterior: Apse, Viewed From Garden
  • Exterior: Polygonal Apse
  • Exterior: Eastern Facade, Viewed from Northeast
  • Exterior: Apse, Viewed from Northeast
  • Exterior: Minaret; Southern Facade
  • Exterior: Southern Elevation
  • Exterior: Minaret, Southern Facade
  • Exterior: South Apse, Eastern Facade
  • Exterior: Eastern Facade Detail
  • Exterior: Southeastern Apse, Facade Detail
  • Exterior: Apse Detail, Blind Niche
  • Exterior: Northeastern Facade Detail
  • Exterior: Northeastern Facade Detail; Spolia
  • Exterior: North Facade Detail
  • Exterior: North Facade Detail
  • Exterior: Apse, Northeastern Apse Facade, Blind Niche, Masonry…
  • Interior View
  • Interior: Apse and Mihrab
  • Interior: Main prayer area
  • Interior: South Inner Narthex
  • Interior: Central Inner Narthex
  • Interior: North Narthex
  • Interior: Outer Narthex
  • Interior: North Outer Narthex
  • Interior: South Outer Narthex
  • Interior: North Chamber