Yıldız Hamidi Mosque
Istanbul, Turkey
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
The Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque, also called the Yıldız Mosque, is an Ottoman imperial mosque in the Yıldız neighbourhood of Istanbul's Beşiktaş district, on the way to Yıldız Palace. Commissioned by Sultan Abdul Hamid II and built between 1884 and 1886, it combines Neo-Gothic style with classical Ottoman motifs on a rectangular plan with one minaret. Its architect is given as Sarkis Balyan.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- mosque, historic building
- Heritage
- Tentative World Heritage Site
- Place
- Istanbul, Turkey
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