Kızılmescit Mosque

Audio Narration:

Construction Year:

1531

Location:

Eyüpsultan, İstanbul

Ordered by:

Kiremitçi Süleyman Çelebi

Architect :

Unknown

- Changes the mosque has undergone since its construction
  • In 1586, a primary school was built upon the shrine by Ramazan Agha.
  • The stone basin in the courtyard was built by Yusuf Daniş Bey in 1865.
  • An extensive restoration was carried out in 2015 and it is currently active.
- Prominent features of the mosque
  • The mosque attracts attention with its minaret made of thin red bricks on its western facade, and because of this feature it was named “Red Mosque”.
  • The wooden minbar of the mosque was built by Feyzullah Nafiz Efendi’s wife, Hace Fatıma Hanım.
  • The tomb of the tiler Süleyman Çelebi is located in the direction of the mihrab of the mosque. A primary school was built upon his shrine in 1586.
  • Across the mosque is a fountain built by Sokullu Mehmed Pasha, and next to the fountain is the Afife Hatun Lodge.
  • There are historical graves around the mosque.