Best places: Religions in Fatih, Turkey

👍👍 A historical mosque built in year 1555. The complex consists of a mosque, madrasa, infants' school, public fountain and a tomb. The construction of this 16th century “kulliye” (complex) was initiated br Kara Ahmed Pasha, a Grand Vizier (prime Minister) of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. When Kara A...

Principal Eastern Orthodox Cathedral in Istanbul, with religious relics, mosaics & public hours.

👍👍 MURAD PASHA MOSQUE The only building still present today from Murat Pasha Kulliye is this mosque . The kulliye , consisting of a mosque , madrasa , almshouse and a bath was commissioned by the Mehmed II era dignitary Grand Vizier Has Murad Pasha . Construction of the mosque which is the center of th...

👍👍 This is such a nice historic place,,, I recently visited this mosque and love the architecture how they build this mosque such long time ago and how turkish government is trying to lookafter this historical places,,, very beautiful I loved it and enjoyed alot took so many photos with friends we love...

😐 It is an old Byzantine church converted into a mosque centuries ago, with some ruins of an ancient Roman Bath in the garden. It is not a place to see mosaics or fresco's but one can still admire this old Easyern Roman architecture. The building is centrally located at the heart of the ancient city n...

👍👍 It has two fountains: the main street and the street next door. If you go up from Nişanca Sokak, there is a big wooden mansion on the slope and the Shepherd Fountain ahead. A little higher, there is a Byzantine building ruin inside the Daltaban Slope parking lot.

👍👍 Uşşaki Mosque is located on Yedikulede street. It is written on the door inscription of Uşşaki Mosque that it was built by Nazır Mehmet Halid Efendi in 1879. However, the building was not built as a mosque, but as a lodge of the Uşşaki sect. The inscription was written by the famous calligrapher of...

👍👍 A low-income tradesman named Keçecizade Hayreddin Efendi (according to another rumor, Şakir Efendi from Adana). Whenever he wants something, he says: 'As if I ate (assume you ate)!' and puts his money aside. 2 After 20 years, when the money he had saved reached enough to build a small mosque, he had...

Museum of religious art on the site of a church that was first built here in the 6th century A.D.

👍👍 Ferruh Kethüda Mosque was built in 1562-63 by Ferruh Ağa, who was the kethüda, or steward, of Semiz Ali Pasha, the grand vizier of Suleiman the Magnificent. The mosque, which is the work of Mimar Sinan, became famous under the name Balat Lodge because it was used as a lodge belonging to the Sünbüliy...

👍👍 Osmanlı'nın önemli sultanlarından biri. Vasiyetine istinaden sandukasının üzerinde hırkası bulunuyor.

Fine mosaics & late-Byzantine architecture in a former church converted to a mosque in 1591.

👍👍 Mosques are all beautiful, they are all houses of Allah!

👍👍 It is a shrine generally visited to make wishes. It is an ideal place to associate others with Allah. I think people should be careful. An area located in Fatih district and close to Vatan Street. The number of people who break their first fast here, especially during Ramadan, is incredibly high. Pe...

Once an Eastern Orthodox church, this centuries-old landmark became a mosque in the 16th century.

👍👍 Really nice place. It is not recommended in all the guides but the place really deserve the time you expend on it. In the middle of the path between two of the best places in Istanbul a lot of people bypass this place. There are unless two magnificent tombs in this place that you can visit in a rela...

👍👍 It was originally a Byzantine Church. This church is the biggest church in Istanbul. Finally, in 1641, the Istanbul Armenians turned into the Patriarchate central church (cathedral). It burned to the ground in 1645 and was rebuilt in the same year, during the reign of Patriarch Tavit Areveltzi and...

👍👍 Tahta Minaret Mosque was built by Fatih Sultan Mehmet Han in 1458, according to the repair inscription on the door. Tahta Minare Mosque was ruined over time and was completely repaired in 1865 by Kantârizâde Sivaslı Halil Ağa, the owner of the nearby Tahta Minare Hammam. Additionally, the wooden mi...

Byzantine, former Orthodox church dating from the 4th century, open as a museum.