Bebek Mosque

Bebek Mosque (Hümayûn-u Âbad Mosque)
Bebek Cami (Hümayûn-u Âbad Cami)

Bebek Mosque
Location of Bebek Mosque in Istanbul
Basic information
Location Cevdet Paşa Cad., Bebek
Geographic coordinates 41°04′37″N 29°02′39″E / 41.07681°N 29.04411°E / 41.07681; 29.04411Coordinates: 41°04′37″N 29°02′39″E / 41.07681°N 29.04411°E / 41.07681; 29.04411
Affiliation Islam
District Beşiktaş
Province Istanbul
Country Turkey
Architectural description
Architect(s) Mimar Kemaleddin
Architectural type Mosque
Architectural style Islamic, Ottoman architecture, First national architectural movement
Completed 1913
Specifications
Dome(s) 1 main dome and 4 half domes
Minaret(s) 1
Materials Limestone ashlar
Bebek Mosque as seen from Bosphorus.

Bebek Mosque (Turkish: Bebek Cami), officially Hümayûn-u Âbad Mosque (Ottoman Turkish: Hümayûn-u Âbad Cami for: Prosperous Imperial Mosque) is a 1913-built mosque located in Bebek neighborhood of Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey.

Bebek Mosque was designed by Mimar Kemaleddin (1870–1927) in the architectural style of First national architectural movement, and built in Bebek on the place of a mosque, which was commissioned by Grand Vizier Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1666–1730).[1]

It is situated inside a courtyard surrounded by low concrete walls on Cevdet Paşa Cad. behind the Bebek Pier in Bebek Bay on Bosphorus. The mosque has a square plan, and is built in limestone ashlar. The main dome is supported by four half domes sitting on eight frames. It has six arched windows, two each in the front and back, and one each at sides, and 28 small arched windows in total above them. The mosque has a polygonal minaret on a high base adjecent to the western wall. The underside of the minaret balcony is decorated with three lines of muqarnas. Minaret's entrance is next to the narthex outside the mosque.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bebek Camii (Hümayun-u Abad Camii)" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-05-08.
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