Alaca Minare Mosque
This temple is in the Arakiyeci Hacı Mehmet quarters and is at corner of Kartalbaba avenue and Alaca Minare street. It was built by the captain Murat Reis in the Suleiman the Magnificient era.
This temple is in the Arakiyeci Hacı Mehmet quarters and is at corner of Kartalbaba avenue and Alaca Minare street. It was built by the captain Murat Reis in the Suleiman the Magnificient era.
It was built by one of the viziers of Bayezid II, Davut Pasha in 1505, and had to be rebuilt in 1868 after it was demolished in a fire. It is a little bit further away from Architect Sinan Market. It lost part of its courtyard because of road construction. It is understood from the…
Beylerbeyi Palace was conceived as a country residence for the Ottoman sultans and a state guesthouse to host foreign heads of state or monarchs, and was built upon the request of Sultan Abdülaziz (1861-1876), the sultan of the period. The construction of the palace started on 6 August 1863 and it was officially opened for…
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…
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.
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…
The mosque with its group of buildings such as as lodges, dervish cells, kitchen for the poor,and schools was built in 1598. It was rebuilt in 1856 by Abdülmecit. There is a golden imperial signature of Sultan Abdülmecit with ornaments in the shape of flowers on the plate over the gate. There are three fountains…