Adiliyya Mosque

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Adliye Camii
Dukaginzade Mehmed Pasha Mosque
Dukaginzade Mehmet Pasa Camii
Mosque al-Adeliye
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/27904
Date
1556-1566
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, minaret, 1991
 
Type of Work
Mosque
Subject
Mosques, Religious architecture, Architecture, Islamic --Syria, Architecture, Ottoman, Minarets
Rights
(c) Shirine Hamadeh 1991
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All rights reserved
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