Büyük Mecidiye Camii

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Ottoman mosque mosque tourist attraction

Büyük Mecidiye Camii is a prominent 19th-century Ottoman mosque in Istanbul’s Ortaköy neighborhood, famed for its ornate Baroque Revival architecture and picturesque location on the Bosphorus waterfront.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Büyük Mecidiye Mosque 2
Büyük Mecidiye Camii canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman mosque ⓘ
mosque ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Büyük Mecidiye Mosque NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ortaköy Mosque NERFINISHED ⓘ
architect Garabet Amira Balyan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nigoğayos Balyan NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle Baroque Revival NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman Baroque NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtInCentury 19th century ⓘ
city Istanbul ⓘ
commissionedBy Sultan Abdülmecid I NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionEnd 1856 ⓘ
constructionStart 1853 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
facingDirection southeast toward Mecca ⓘ
feature elaborate interior decoration ⓘ
large windows overlooking the Bosphorus ⓘ
ornate façade ⓘ
waterfront terrace ⓘ
hasDome yes ⓘ
hasFunction place of worship ⓘ
tourist site ⓘ
hasMihrab yes ⓘ
hasMinbar yes ⓘ
heritageStatus important example of 19th-century Ottoman religious architecture ⓘ
locatedIn Beşiktaş NERFINISHED ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
Ortaköy NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Bosphorus NERFINISHED ⓘ
material marble ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter Sultan Abdülmecid I NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearby Bosphorus Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfMinarets 2 ⓘ
province Istanbul Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Marmara Region ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
significance iconic Bosphorus waterfront silhouette ⓘ
landmark of Ortaköy neighborhood ⓘ
usedFor Friday prayers ⓘ
daily prayers ⓘ
religious festivals ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ortaköy Mosque → nativeName → Büyük Mecidiye Camii ⓘ
Ortaköy → hasLandmark → Büyük Mecidiye Camii ⓘ
this entity surface form: Büyük Mecidiye Mosque
Ortaköy → hasReligiousBuilding → Büyük Mecidiye Camii ⓘ
this entity surface form: Büyük Mecidiye Mosque