Great Central Mosque of Avcılar
Also known as: Great Central Mosque of Avcılar
Mosque in Avcılar, Istanbul, built in 2019 to replace an earlier mosque on the same site
Key facts
- Built
- 2019
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Overview
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The Great Central Mosque of Avcılar (Avcılar Merkez Ulu Camii) is a mosque in the Avcılar district of Istanbul, located on Reşit Paşa Caddesi in the Merkez neighbourhood. According to the database, the present building dates from 2019. It stands on the site of an earlier mosque that it replaced.
History
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An earlier mosque stood on the same site. It was closed in April 2011 and subsequently demolished because it lacked adequate earthquake resistance. A new building was constructed in its place; the record gives 2019 as the year of the present mosque.
From Wikipedia
The Great Central Mosque of Avcılar (Turkish: Avcılar Merkez Ulu Cami) is a mosque in the Turkish municipality of Avcılar, near Istanbul. A mosque previously stood on the same site, but it was closed and demolished in April 2011, and replaced with a new building due to a lack of earthquake-resistant construction.
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Sources
© OpenStreetMap katkıcıları (ODbL): https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/257739131
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fe_Zentralmoschee_von_Avc%C4%B1lar
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Central_Mosque_of_Avc%C4%B1lar