Vasat Atik Ali Pasha Mosque

Karagümrük, Turkey

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Vasat Atik Ali Pasha Mosque, an Ottoman structure in the Karagümrük neighbourhood of Istanbul's Fatih district, was commissioned by Sultan Bayezid II's grand vizier Hadım Atik Ali Pasha in 1502 and completed in 1512, one year after the vizier's death. The mosque is one of only two in Istanbul to feature multiple domes—six in total—matching the Piyale Pasha Mosque in this distinction. Long known locally as Zincirlikuyu Mosque, after a nearby chained well (zincirli kuyu), the structure suffered significant damage when its minaret collapsed in an earthquake in June 1648. A major restoration of the minaret began in 2013 at a cost of 2.2 million Turkish lira and was completed by 2015.

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Ottoman architecture

Built: 1512
Type: mosque, historic building
Place: Karagümrük, Turkey

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