Beşir Ağa Mosque

Beşir Ağa Mosque

Year Built
1717-1746 (estimated)
Commissioned By
Hacı Beşir Agha (Agha of Darüssaade)
Architect
Unknown
Location
Fatih
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Changes After Construction

  1. It fell into disrepair and ruin towards the end of the Ottoman Empire.

  2. It was revived after a comprehensive repair between 1940 and 1944. During this repair, the outer surfaces of the upper floor were plastered and painted with red whitewash, some windows were renewed, and a wooden ceiling was built.

Featured Highlights

  • It was built as an elevated structure on a high basement, with a richly decorated marble mihrab in the Baroque style; it has a rectangular plan.

  • It has two rows of windows on its four facades, three rows of spiked eaves and a lead-covered roof. Some of the round-arched windows were renewed with pointed arches during the last restoration.

  • The mosque's unique minaret has a brick body resting on a stone console and a stone balcony; around the closed balcony there are small baroque arched windows through which sound is emitted.

  • There used to be a small bathhouse next to the mosque; its ruins were removed during the 1940-1944 restorations.

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