Pammakaristos Church - Fetiyeh Cami 11/12th cent - History of Islamic Architecture (sitios de interés)

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Constantinople-Istanbul
Church of the Monastery of Pammakaristos - Fetiyeh Camii
11th or 12th cent



Text and photo Archnet.org


Few churches in Constantinople have had an as varied history as the Pammakaristos. The Pammakaristos church was converted into Fethiye Cami or "Victory Mosque" in 1591 by Murad III to commemorate his conquest of Georgia and Azerbaijan. The Greek Orthodox Patriarchy, who had taken refuge in the Pammakaristos at the time of the Ottoman conquest, was transferred to its current location in Fener in the year of its conversion into a mosque.
The fire of Balatkapi damaged the mosque in 1640. It was repaired in 1845, and finally restored in 1936-38. Abandoned after the restoration, the main space was re-opened to Islamic prayer only in 1960. The parekklesion, restored to its pre-Ottoman state by the Byzantine Institute of America, is now open to visitors as a museum. The obove photo shows mainly the parekklision with its copulas.

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