It is on Selmanipak avenue, and was built in 1508 by Selman ağa, son of Abdullah. The walls are made of stone and brick. Its roof, pulpit and last congregation place are made of wood. There is a three faceted fountain with tiles on the upper sides in the exterior corner of the mosque, and a water reservoir in its courtyard. The water reservoir is founded after the wife of Tıflızade Mahmut Ağa, Fatima Hatun in 1840.
Built by Malkoç Mehmed Efendi, the head clerk/chief aide of the Janissaries, in 1597-98, the opening of Yenikapı Mevlevihanesi was attended by Sultan III. Mehmed, the grand vizier, and other state officials. Yenikapı Mevlevihanesi is the second oldest among the Mevlevihanes (Sufi lodges) in Istanbul, following the Galata Mevlevihanesi. Over time, the lodge has become…
The mosque in Nuh Kuyusu was named after its beautiful tiles. Since it is between the old and new Valide mosques, it is is called the Orta Valide Mosque. It is within a group of buildings and built by Kösem Mahpeyker Valide Sultan in 1640-41.
The Bodrumi Mosque was built by Şeyhülislam Ömer Lütfü Efendi of Bodrum in 1891 on the eastern slope of Küçük Çamlıca and has given its name to the street on which it is located. There is a poetic script of siz lines prepared by Poem Refet on the marble on the wall overlooking the street.
Zoodokhos Peges, also known as the Ayazma of Virgin Mary, is a holy spring and church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The name Zoodokhos Peges means “life-giving source”. The history of the ayazma and the church dates back to a prophecy based on a blind and old man whom the future Byzantine Emperor, Leo I,…
This mansion was found on the garden of 345.000 square meters between Kofluyolu and Altunizade. It was built for Sultan Abdülaziz’s younger sister Adile Sultan (1853). There is a possibility that its architect is Balyan kalfa. It is three stories including the basement. The bearing structures were made with stone, and other sections were built…
It is in the garden of Adile Sultan mansion and on the Altunizade Mosque part. The villa was built for Abdülaziz. There are two bronze decorated lanterns at its gate. The flooring is made of colored tiles. The walls are covered with Italian tiles. There is an oven to prepare coffe at the entrance resembling…
