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'''Kalenderhane Mosque''' (Turkish: ''Kalenderhane Camii'') was a former Eastern Orthodox church in [[Constantinople]] | '''Kalenderhane Mosque''' (Turkish: ''Kalenderhane Camii'') was 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 represented one of the few exiting examples of a [[Byzantines|Byzantine]] church with a domed 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 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. | ||
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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 03:22, 16 April 2013
Kalenderhane Mosque (Turkish: Kalenderhane Camii) was 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 represented one of the few exiting examples of a Byzantine church with a domed Greek cross plan.
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 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.
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.
Trivia
- Kalenderhane could be translated as "home of the kalenderi", whereas camii means "mosque."
Reference
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