Ortaköy Mosque

File / Documentation

Name

150337_sv.jpg

Size

5.49 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

d9fd083c5c9890e9154ec357aca19068

Creator(s)

architect: Garabed Amira Balyan (Turkish, 1800-1866), architect: Nikogos Balyan (Turkish, 1826-1858), patron: Abdülmecit, Sultan of the Turks (Turkish, 1823-1861)

Time period

creation date: 1853-1854, creation date: alternately dated, 1864

Location

Site: Istanbul (Turkey)

Cultural context

Turkish

Ottoman

Islamic

Description

exterior, upwards view of minaret, July 2010

Work type

Mosque

Medium

brick

marble

stone

tile

Keywords

Mosques

Turkey --History --Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918

Bosporus (Turkey)

Religious architecture

Architecture, Islamic --Turkey

Architecture --Turkey

Jamis

Architecture, Ottoman

Baroque Revival

Palean, Nikoghos, 1826-1858

Minarets

Type

Image

Rights

Access rights

Persistent Link

https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/56792