Zeyrek Mosque

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Byzantine church building cultural heritage site former church historic monument mosque

Zeyrek Mosque is a historic former Byzantine church complex in Istanbul, notable for its medieval architecture and significance within the city’s UNESCO-listed heritage area.

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Label Occurrences
Zeyrek Mosque canonical 6
Byzantine Zeyrek Mosque 1
Zeyrek Mosque complex 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine church building ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
former church ⓘ
historic monument ⓘ
mosque ⓘ
architecturalStyle Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Byzantine architecture ⓘ
surface form: Middle Byzantine architecture
city Istanbul ⓘ
conversionToMosque 12th century ⓘ
after Ottoman conquest of Constantinople ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
currentUse active mosque ⓘ
dedicatedTo Christ Pantocrator ⓘ
surface form: Christ Pantokrator
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
era Byzantine Empire ⓘ
formerDenomination Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
formerName Church of Christ Pantokrator ⓘ
former Monastery of the Pantokrator ⓘ
surface form: Monastery of the Pantokrator
hasPart chapel between the churches ⓘ
courtyard ⓘ
domes ⓘ
minaret ⓘ
narthex ⓘ
north church ⓘ
south church ⓘ
heritageDesignation Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
locatedIn Fatih district ⓘ
Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
Zeyrek neighborhood ⓘ
locatedNear Golden Horn ⓘ
Valens Aqueduct ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter Molla Zeyrek ⓘ
notableFor Byzantine brickwork and decorative patterns ⓘ
medieval architecture ⓘ
role in the urban fabric of historic Istanbul ⓘ
originalFunction Byzantine monastery complex ⓘ
imperial foundation ⓘ
partOf Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Areas of Istanbul
region Marmara Region ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
significance important example of Middle Byzantine monastic architecture ⓘ
one of the largest surviving Byzantine religious complexes in Istanbul after Hagia Sophia ⓘ
part of Istanbul’s UNESCO-listed historic core ⓘ
usedAs medrese ⓘ
mosque ⓘ

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Historic Areas of Istanbul → contains → Zeyrek Mosque ⓘ
Zeyrek Mosque and its associated conservation area → hasPart → Zeyrek Mosque ⓘ
Zeyrek Mosque and its associated conservation area → centeredOn → Zeyrek Mosque ⓘ
Zeyrek Conservation Area → knownFor → Zeyrek Mosque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine Zeyrek Mosque
Zeyrek Conservation Area → contains → Zeyrek Mosque ⓘ
Zeyrek Conservation Area → notableBuilding → Zeyrek Mosque ⓘ
Fatih, Istanbul → contains → Zeyrek Mosque ⓘ
Fatih, Istanbul → contains → Zeyrek Mosque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zeyrek Mosque complex