Yıldız Hamidi Mosque
Also known as: Yıldız Hamidi Mosque
mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
Key facts
- Built
- 1886
- Architect
- Serkis Balyan
- Foundation/Institution
- II. Abdülhamid
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Overview
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The Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque, also called the Yıldız Mosque, stands in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, on the road leading to Yıldız Palace. It was commissioned by Sultan Abdülhamid II and takes its name from both the sultan and the palace. The architect was Serkis Balyan, and the building combines Ottoman architecture with Gothic Revival elements. It has a small dome set on a polygonal drum, and sixteen windows. The minaret has a balcony and is fluted up to its tip. The mosque is on Turkey's Tentative List for World Heritage status. A replica of the mosque crowns the Telegraph Monument in Marjeh Square in Damascus.
History
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The mosque was built in 1886 on the orders of Abdülhamid II, to a design by Serkis Balyan. Some sources give 1885 as the year of construction.
From Wikipedia
The Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque (Turkish: Yıldız Hamidiye Camii), also called the Yıldız Mosque (Turkish: Yıldız Camii), is an Ottoman imperial mosque located in Yıldız neighbourhood of Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey, on the way to Yıldız Palace. The mosque was commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II, and constructed between 1884 and 1886. The mosque was built on a rectangular plan and has one minaret. The architecture of the mosque is a combination of Neo-Gothic style and classical Ottoman motifs. A bronze colonnade erected by Abdul Hamid II in Marjeh Square of Damascus, Syria bears a replica statue of the Yıldız Mosque on top.
On 4 August 2017, the mosque was reopened by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after 4 years of restoration work that cost 27 million Turkish liras ($7.6 million).
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