This is the Mehmet Paşa Camii, built in 1486 by Lala Mehmet Paşa, the former educator of Prince Ahmet, the oldest living son of sultan Beyazıt II It is renowned for its marble mimber (pulpit).

urce: ‘Türkiye Tarihi Yerler Kılavuzu’ – M.Orhan Bayrak, Inkılâp Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1994.

On the picture: A small dome, not decorated with paintwork, but with stucco and geometric brickwork.

Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as decorative coating for walls and ceilings and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.