SAINT-SOPHIA (AYASOFYA CAMII)
Designed to be a unique monument, it has remained so throughout its three ...Read more
BLUE MOSQUE (SULTANAHMET CAMII)
Every year, millions of travellers from all over the world come to visit ...Read more
ORTAKÖY MOSQUE (ORTAKÖY CAMII)
Read moreIt is one of the most famous panoramas of Istanbul and yet, one never tires of admiring and photographing it: the mosque in the foreground, the Bosphorus and the suspension bridge in the background... The building is located on the tip of the Defterdar, on the European side of the Bosphorus, in the Ortaköy district. Commissioned by Abdülmecid, it was completed in 1853 by the architect Garabed Balian. We usually call it by the name of the neighbourhood, its real name being Mecidiye Camii.
MOSQUE KILIÇ ALI PAŞA (KILIÇ ALI PAŞA CAMII)
Read moreBuilt by Master Sinan in 1580 on behalf of Kılıç Ali Paşa, the complex (külliye) initially included a mosque, a medersa (school), a hammam, a mausoleum and a public fountain distributed in a square space according to a precise geometric arrangement. Its architectural style has many similarities with Saint Sophia. Flanked by two half-domes, the central dome and the four buttresses on the sides are indeed a replica.
DOLMABAHÇE CAMII MOSQUE (DOLMABAHÇE CAMII)
Read moreYou can only be struck by the grace and elegance of this mosque, which is unlike any other. Combining baroque and neoclassical styles, it has the particularity of having the finest minarets in the world! On the side, the clock of the Dolmabahçe Palace perfectly complements the softness of the landscape. Another marriage between the West and the East, its architect is Garabed Balyan, appointed by Sultana Mother Bezmi Alem, who built the building in the mid-19th century.
MURAT PASA MOSQUE (MURAT PASA CAMII)
Read moreIt is one of the oldest mosques in Istanbul, as evidenced by the epigraphy on the pediment of the front door dated 1471-1472. The prayer hall is an exception in Ottoman architecture, which tends to favour larger ranks of the faithful. It was built on the initiative of Has Hasan Paşa, which is illustrated during the wars waged by Mehmed the Conqueror against the Turkoman White Sheep dynasty, Uzun Hasan.