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Fethiye Mosque (other)
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Fethiye Mosque () can refer to a number of Ottoman mosques dedicated to the conquest (''Fatih'') of a city or region: * Fethiye Mosque (Istanbul) in Istanbul, the former Byzantine Pammakaristos Church * Fethiye Mosque (Athens), in Athens, Greece * Fethiye Mosque (Ioannina), in Ioannina, Greece * Fethiye Mosque (Krujë), in Krujë, Albania * Fethiye Mosque (Naupactus), in Naupactus, Greece See also * Fethija Mosque (Bihać) Fethija Mosque () is a mosque and former Catholic church located in the town of Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Built in 1266, it is the oldest Gothic building in the country. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries. The empire emerged from a Anatolian beyliks, ''beylik'', or principality, founded in northwestern Anatolia in by the Turkoman (ethnonym), Turkoman tribal leader Osman I. His successors Ottoman wars in Europe, conquered much of Anatolia and expanded into the Balkans by the mid-14th century, transforming their petty kingdom into a transcontinental empire. The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the Fall of Constantinople, conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by Mehmed II. With its capital at History of Istanbul#Ottoman Empire, Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) and control over a significant portion of the Mediterranean Basin, the Ottoman Empire was at the centre of interacti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fethiye Mosque (Istanbul)
The Pammakaristos Church, also known as the Church of Theotokos Pammakaristos (, "All-Blessed Mother of God"), is one of the most famous Byzantine church buildings in Istanbul, Turkey, and was the last pre- Ottoman building to house the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Converted in 1591 into the Fethiye Mosque (, "mosque of the conquest"), it is today partly a museum housed in a side chapel or parekklesion. One of the most important examples of Constantinople's Palaiologan architecture, the mosque contains the largest quantity of Byzantine mosaics in Istanbul after the Hagia Sophia and The Chora. The mosque-museum is in the Çarşamba neighbourhood of the Fatih district inside the walled city of old Istanbul. History Most scholars believe that the church was built between the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Many historians and archaeologists attribute the original structure to Michael VII Ducas (1071–1078); others put its foundation in the Comnenian period.Mathews (1976), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fethiye Mosque (Athens)
The Fethiye Mosque (; , "Mosque of the Conquest") is a 17th-century Ottoman mosque in central Athens, Greece. Repurposed after Greek independence in 1834, it fell into disrepair, but after renovations it was reopened to the public in 2017 and is presently being used for cultural exhibitions. History The Fethiye Mosque is located on the northern side of the ancient Roman Agora in Athens, near the Tower of the Winds, and was built on the ruins of a Christian basilica from the middle Byzantine period (8th/9th centuries). The Christian church was converted into a mosque in 1456/58, soon after the Ottoman conquest of the Duchy of Athens, to coincide with the visit to the city by Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in 1458. Only a fragment of the ''mihrab'' survives from this mosque, which was demolished and replaced by the present structure between 1668 and 1670. The new mosque comprises a porch and a large rectangular main hall, crowned by a dome supported by four pillars. The central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fethiye Mosque (Ioannina)
The Fethiye Mosque (; , , "Mosque of the Conquest") is an Ottoman mosque in Ioannina, Greece. The mosque was built in the city's inner castle (Its Kale The Ioannina Castle () is the fortified old town of the city of Ioannina in northwestern Greece. The present fortification dates largely to the reconstruction under Ali Pasha in the late Ottoman period, but incorporates also pre-existing Byzanti ...) immediately after the conquest by the Ottomans in 1430, near the ruins of an early 13th-century Byzantine church dedicated to the Archangels Michael and Gabriel. Originally it was a wooden structure, which was replaced in 1611 by a stone building. It was extensively remodelled in 1795 by Ali Pashë Tepelena , who made it the main mosque of his palace. The graves of Ali's family and of Ali himself are located before the mosque. References External links * Ottoman mosques in Greece Mosques completed in the 1610s Former mosques in Greece Ottoman architecture in Ioan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fethiye Mosque (Krujë)
The Sultan Mehmed Fatih Mosque of Krujë () or Fethiye Mosque () is an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman-era mosque built before 1481 inside the Krujë Castle of Krujë, Durrës County, Albania. It got destroyed in the mid of the 20th century and is near the entrance of the Skanderbeg Museum. History The Sultan Mehmed Fatih Mosque was built before 1481 and named after the List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, Mehmed II (also called "the Conqueror"). After being destroyed in 1831, the mosque got rebuilt for the local Albanian population under the reign of the Sultan Mahmud II. In 1917, the minaret of the Sultan Mehmed Fatih Mosque, famed for its beauty, collapsed due to a storm. Until 1937, the mosque was used a house of worship for the Islam in Albania, Albanian Muslims. During the Second World War, the mosque was abused and ammunition was stored inside the mosque. The mosque again decayed during the time of the Communist dictator Enver Hoxha. Tod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fethiye Mosque (Naupactus)
The Fethiye Mosque (; ) was an Ottoman mosque in Nafpaktos, Greece. It was built on the orders of Sultan Bayezid II immediately after the capture of the city from the Venetians in 1499, and was the city's main mosque throughout the Ottoman period. It was also known as the Bayezid-i Veli Mosque after its founder. The mosque has been extensively restored and now functions as an exhibition hall. See also * Islam in Greece Islam in Greece is represented by two distinct communities; Muslims that have lived in Greece since the times of the Ottoman Empire (primarily in East Macedonia and Thrace) and Muslim immigrants that began arriving in the last quarter of the ... * List of former mosques in Greece * List of mosques in Greece References Ottoman mosques in Greece Mosques completed in the 1500s Former mosques in Greece Nafpaktos Buildings and structures in Aetolia-Acarnania 16th-century architecture in Greece Mosque buildings with domes in Greece Buildings and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fethija Mosque (Bihać)
Fethija Mosque () is a mosque and former Catholic church located in the town of Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Built in 1266, it is the oldest Gothic building in the country.''Fethija džamija sa haremom, devet grobnih ploča i natpisima, graditeljska cjelina '' – Članak Komisija za očuvanje nacionalnih spomenika. (10. November 2013.) It was originally built as a Catholic church dedicated to Saint , and was subsequently transformed into a mosque following the 1592 conques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
