Green Mosque, İznik

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Green Mosque
Yeşil Camii
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	İznik, Turkey
Location of the mosque in Turkey.
Geographic coordinates	40°25′47″N 29°43′37″E / 40.4297°N 29.7269°E / 40.4297; 29.7269
Architecture
Architect(s)	Hacı Musa
Type	Mosque
Style	Ottoman architecture
Groundbreaking	1378
Completed	1391; 633 years ago (1391)
Specifications
Dome dia. (outer)	10.5 m (34 ft)
Minaret(s)	1
Minaret height	25 m (82 ft)

Green Mosque (Turkish: Yeşil Camii) is a historic Ottoman mosque in İznik, Turkey.

The Mosque[edit]

One of the earliest examples of Ottoman architecture, the Yeşil Mosque was constructed by order of the Grand Vizier Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha of Sultan Murad I in Iznik. It was later completed by his son Ali Pasha. The inscription on the mosque gives the date of construction as AH 780-794 (1378-1391), and the name of the architect as Haci bin Musa.

The Yeşil Mosque is located near the Lefke Gate on the eastern edge of the city. It is composed of a three-bay portico and a single prayer hall covered with a single dome measuring 10.5 m (34 ft) in diameter. The height of the dome is 17.5 m (57 ft) above the floor, it has four windows and the lower portion of the interior walls are coated with gray marble panels. The mosque has a single minaret in the northwestern corner of the building which is decorated with composed glazed terra-cotta green, yellow, turquoise and dark purple coloured tiles. The colourful tiles minaret gives the mosque its name: Yeşil (green in Turkish).

The mosque was damaged in 1922 by the Greek army during the Turkish War of Independence. The mosque was restored between 1956 and 1969.

References[edit]

• Freely, John (2000). The companion guide to Istanbul and around the Marmara. Woodbridge, UK: Companion Guides. p. 382. ISBN 1900639319.

External links[edit]

• Yesil Cami, Archnet

Gallery[edit]

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  Iznik Green mosque Exterior
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  Iznik Green mosque Exterior
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  Iznik Green mosque Exterior decoration
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  Iznik Green mosque Exterior decoration above entrance
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  Iznik Green mosque Interior with minber
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  Iznik Green mosque Minaret