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Dick Osseman | all galleries >> Special: Sinan mosques >> Attributed to Sinan (by some) >> Üçbaş Camii – Istanbul > Istanbul june 2008 2594.jpg
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17-JUN-2008

Istanbul june 2008 2594.jpg

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The Mehmet Ağa Mosque, in the Atikali neighbourhood (Fatih district).
The mosque was built in 1585. Commissioned by Hadım Mehmet Ağa, who was a ‘Darüssaade ağası’ (the head of the eunuchs who guarded the Imperial Harem). Architect: Mimar Davut Ağa, a student of Mimar Sinan.
The prayer room has a large dome, surrounded by eight small ones. It is lit by 66 windows.

On the picture: The minaret and the western wall of the prayer room.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: ‘Türkiye Tarihi Yerler Kılavuzu’ – M.Orhan Bayrak, Inkılâp Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1994.

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