Adiliyya Mosque

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Creator(s)

Islamic, Syrian

Time period

creation date: 1556-1566

Location

Site: Aleppo (Halab, Syria)

Cultural context

Islamic

Syrian

Description

The Adiliyah Mosque, located in the Saffahiyah district, was built by the Wali Mohammed Basha in 1556. The mosque has a main courtyard with a covered water pool. A double parallel colonnade creates the mediating space between the courtyard and the north side of the main prayer hall. The prayer hall is square in plan each side measuring 23m. The mosque has one cylindrical minaret built in the Ottoman style.

Source:

Rihawi, Abdul Qader. 1979. Arabic Islamic Architecture in Syria. Damascus: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. 231.

exterior, general view from Citadel facing south, 1991

Work type

Mosque

Medium

stone

granite

Keywords

Mosques

Religious architecture

Architecture, Islamic --Syria

Architecture, Ottoman

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