Location Istanbul, Turkey Completed 1550 Phone +90 212 512 23 20 Architectural type Mosque | Affiliation Islam Opened 1550 Number of minarets 1 | |
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Address Kalenderhane Mahallesi, 34134 Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey Architectural styles Ottoman architecture, Islamic architecture Similar Handan Agha Mosque, Mesih Mehmed Pasha M, Kalenderhane Mosque, Kırmızı Minare Mosque, Kefeli Mosque | ||
Mosque with the spiral minaret
The Mosque with the Spiral Minaret (Turkish: Burmalı Mescit Camii or Burmalı Minare Camii) is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque in Şarachane park, Fatih district, Istanbul, Turkey.
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History
Built in 1550 on behalf of Emin Nuretti Efendi, qadi 'asker of Egypt, it is named for its spiraling (burmalı) brick minaret, a copy of a Seljuq design that is unique in Istanbul. The mosque is not domed, but has a pitched porch, which rests on four reused Byzantine Corinthian stone columns. Unusually, the entrance is off-center behind a column. The mosque's interior is undistinguished.
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