Photo: Fatih Mosque (Fatih Camii Külliyesi)

Place: Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey

Mehrdad Vaghefi

By Mehrdad Vaghefi
Uploaded on 23 December 2007
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Fatih Mosque (Fatih Camii Külliyesi)

The Fatih Mosque Complex is a large mosque in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. Built in 1463-1470, on the site of the former Church of the Holy Apostles, which was demolished in favor of it.The original mosque was destroyed by the earthquake of 1766; the current mosque dates from 1767.

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