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Dolmabahçe Mosque

Dolmabahçe Mosque

Also known as Dolmabahçe Camii

Year

1855

Style

Baroque

Type

mosque

Bezmialem Valide Sultan, mother of Sultan Abdülmecid, paid for this waterside mosque at Kabataş, but she died before it was finished and her son carried the work through. Ground was broken in 1853 and the first Friday prayers were held on…

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Dolmabahçe Mosque
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Timeline

  1. 1855

    Original construction

    Nikogos Balyan

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