Title of article
İstanbul Hirâmi Ahmet Paşa Mosque
Author/Authors
Sunay, Serkan Ankara Üniversitesi - Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi - Sanat Tarihi Bölümü, Turkey
From page
173
To page
188
Abstract
The building in Fatih district, which was converted to a the mosque by Hirâmi Ahmet Pahsa approximately a hundred and fifty years later after the conquest of Đstanbul is an anonymous Byzantine church that can be dated to the XII^th century in accordance with her plan and other architectural characteristics. She is an unique monument in Byzantine church architecture in Đstanbul because of her semi-circular apsid and apsidiols shape. It is not only a sample of cultural heritage to from Byzantine time to the Ottomans but the church is coming on the scene with the tolerance of Turkish culture to different religions.
Keywords
Art History , Byzantine Art , Architecture , Church , Ottoman Mosque , Church of Ayios Ioannis
Journal title
Journal Of The Center For Ottoman Studies Ankara University
Journal title
Journal Of The Center For Ottoman Studies Ankara University
Record number
2647446
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