Audio Narration
Construction Year:
1595-1609
Location:
Fatih, İstanbul
Ordered by:
Hadım Hafız Ahmed Pasha
Architect:
Davud Agha (presumed)
- Changes the building has undergone since its construction
- The complex, whose minaret was damaged in an earthquake in 1763, was renovated in the Baroque style.
- Although the complex and the surrounding structures were damaged in the Cibali-Fatih fire in 1918, no comprehensive repair work was carried out.
- When the madrasah building became the subject of dormitory construction attempts in the 1960s, it was decided that the building should be preserved and restored.
- The complex was revived with partial restorations carried out between 1976 and 1991.
- The tomb, fountain and public fountain were rebuilt with a comprehensive restoration carried out in 1995-1996.
- Prominent features of the mosque
- Hafiz Ahmed Pasha Complex was built as a complex consisting of a mosque, a madrasah, Darülkurra, a shrine, a fountain and a primary school. The structures of the complex were made of cut stone.
- The mosque has a rectangular plan. There is a large dome in the middle and two square rooms with smaller domes on the sides. The mosque is adjacent to the courtyard and has a simple and elegant structure in the classical Ottoman style.
- The minaret is located to the right of the central space; it was rebuilt in the Baroque style during the earthquake of 1763. There are relief motifs on the balcony railing.
- Darülkurra is next to the main gate of the mosque , has two floors, and has stonework compatible with the complex.
- The shrine, located adjacent to the mosque, has a square plan and a dome. It has been revived.
- The fountain at the corner of the tomb has a door opening onto the street and was originally designed in the Baroque style.
- The fountain is located to the west of the madrasah, with a pointed arch and cut stone work.