Bezm-i Alem Valide Sultan Mosque
- Changes after its construction
- It was repaired in 1875.
- It was restored by the Foundations Administration in 2007.
- Prominent Features
- Also known as Valide Mosque and Gureba Hospital Mosque.
- It is a brick, rectangular structure with a wooden roof. The women’s gallery, accessed by a wooden staircase, consists of three rooms, only one room exists today.
- In the middle of the wooden ceiling there is a gilded centre in the shape of a leaf and gilded plant motifs scattered around.
- Its minbar has a pointed cone and is made of wood like the pulpit.
- The mihrab is grooved and has baroque style folds on its upper part.
- The mosque was built next to the hospital and has a gathering place where patients can join the congregation.
- It was designed for hospital staff and patients to pray.
- The single-balcony stone minaret, which is entered from the inside, is located on the right side of the mosque.
- A fountain of the same date is also located next to the mosque.
