Kalenderhane Mosque: Difference between revisions
imported>Amnestyyy Adding categories |
imported>Zone of Endless m removing newline between Era and WP-REAL |
||
| (26 intermediate revisions by 18 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Era| | {{Era|Landmarks}}{{WP-REAL}} | ||
{{WP-REAL | {{Landmarks Infobox | ||
{{ | |image = Kalenderhane Mosque Database image.png | ||
|description = | |||
|location = [[Constantinople]] | |||
|dateconstructed = | |||
|functions = | |||
}} | |||
'''Kalenderhane Mosque''' (Turkish: ''Kalenderhane Camii'') is a former Eastern Orthodox church in [[Constantinople]] converted into a mosque by the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]]. | |||
The church was originally dedicated to the Theotokos Kyriotissa. The building represents one of the few existing examples of a [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] church with a domed [[Greece|Greek]] cross plan. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The first building on this site was a Roman bath, followed by a sixth-century hall church with an apse laying up against the Aqueduct | The first building on this site was a [[Rome|Roman]] bath, followed by a sixth-century hall church with an apse laying up against the [[Valens Aqueduct]]. Later – possibly in the seventh century – a much larger church was built to the south of the first church. A third church, which reused the sanctuary and the apse of the second one, can be dated to the end of the twelfth century during the late Comnenian period.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Database: Kalenderhane Mosque]]</ref> | ||
After the conquest of | After the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, the church was assigned personally by Mehmed II to the Kalenderi sect of the Dervish. The Dervishes used it as a zaviye and imaret (public kitchen), and the building has been known since as Kalenderhane.{{Fact|June 2019}} | ||
[[Category: | |||
[[Category:Landmarks]] | ==Trivia== | ||
*''Kalenderhane'' translates as 'home of the kalenderi', whereas [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cami#Turkish ''cami''] means 'mosque'. | |||
==Appearances== | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
[[Category:Churches]] | |||
[[Category:Mosques]] | |||
[[Category:Landmarks in Constantinople]] | |||
Latest revision as of 23:14, 14 October 2021
Kalenderhane Mosque (Turkish: Kalenderhane Camii) is a former Eastern Orthodox church in Constantinople converted into a mosque by the Ottomans.
The church was originally dedicated to the Theotokos Kyriotissa. The building represents one of the few existing examples of a Byzantine church with a domed Greek cross plan.
History[edit | edit source]
The first building on this site was a Roman bath, followed by a sixth-century hall church with an apse laying up against the Valens Aqueduct. Later – possibly in the seventh century – a much larger church was built to the south of the first church. A third church, which reused the sanctuary and the apse of the second one, can be dated to the end of the twelfth century during the late Comnenian period.[1]
After the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, the church was assigned personally by Mehmed II to the Kalenderi sect of the Dervish. The Dervishes used it as a zaviye and imaret (public kitchen), and the building has been known since as Kalenderhane. [citation needed]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Kalenderhane translates as 'home of the kalenderi', whereas cami means 'mosque'.