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…
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…
It is a little bit further than Rum Mehmet Paha Mosque and gives its name to the quarter. Kaptan Pasha Mosque was built in 1499. It was enlarged in 1630. Since it collapsed during the big earthquake in 1988, it was rebuilt. It was built of cut stone. The ascent to the minaret on the…
It was founded on a beautiful outskirt of ‹stanbul overlooking the Golden Horn, the Bosphorus, Beyo¤lu and Marmara. It was built of stone and its minaret is on the right. The gate was made of kefeki stone. The construction date was shown on the panel on it as 1471-1472. It is important because it is…
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 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…
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 the first palace built in Üsküdar and belongs to the era of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, and it is on the fiemsi Pasha coastal road and across K›zkulesi. This palace was restorated by the Architect Sinan later, and was built on the wide area of the current Ayazma mosque. Today, only an unimportant…
The tower has ben the symbol of Üsküdar, and it is the only monument which stayed from the Byzantinian Era. It has a history dating bacl to 2475 BC, and it eas founded on the tiny island where Black Sea and Marmara Sea meets. Some histprians call it the Leander tower. There are a lot…
Üsküdar is a city which goes way back in centuries with its history, nature and works of art. Üsküdar which is valuable as a pearl in ‹stanbul and which has a global reputation, will advance into the future with its past and natural heritage as a more modern and more contemporary city. We make all…
