Gül Mosque
Former Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gül Mosque (Turkish: Gül Camii, meaning Rose Mosque' in English) is a former Byzantine church in Istanbul, Turkey, converted into a mosque by the Ottomans.
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Gül Mosque Gül Câmîi | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
Year consecrated | Late 10th-century church; converted into mosque 1490 |
Location | |
Location | Istanbul, Turkey |
Geographic coordinates | 41°01′36.00″N 28°57′23.40″E |
Architecture | |
Type | church with cross-in-square plan |
Style | Middle Byzantine - Comnenian |
Specifications | |
Length | 26 m |
Width | 20 m |
Minaret(s) | 1 |
Materials | brick, stone |
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It is in Vakıf Mektebi Sokak in the district of Fatih, Istanbul, in the neighbourhood of Ayakapı ('Gate of the Saint'). It lies at the end of the valley which divides the fourth and fifth hills of Constantinople and overlooks the Golden Horn from its imposing position .[1]