Yeraltı Camii
underground mosque in Istanbul
Key facts
- Built
- 1771
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Yeraltı Camii, meaning "Underground Mosque", stands in the Karaköy part of Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. It takes its name from the fact that its prayer hall and main features lie below ground. Our record places it within Ottoman architecture. According to its Wikidata description, the structure was originally built to oversee the entrance to the Golden Horn and was later converted into a mosque.
The building is also sometimes called Kurşunlu Mahzen (the "Leaded Cellar"). According to tradition, the name refers to the belongings of captured Umayyad warriors having been sealed away here with molten lead.
From Wikipedia
The Yeraltı Mosque (Turkish: Yeraltı Camii, lit. 'Underground Mosque') is a mosque located in the Karaköy part of the Beyoğlu district in Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque's name is derived from the fact that its prayer hall and main features of it are all underground.
It is sometimes known as Kurşunlu Mahzen, as it was a place where the belongings of captured Umayyad warriors were sealed away with molten lead.
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Sources
© OpenStreetMap katkıcıları (ODbL): https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/225989341
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8A
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeralt%C4%B1_Mosque
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeralt%C4%B1_Camii