Zeyrek Mosque Greek: Μονή του Παντοκράτορος Χριστού Turkish: Zeyrek Camii | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
Year consecrated | Shortly after 1453 |
Location | |
Location | Istanbul, Turkey |
Geographic coordinates | 41°1′11″N 28°57′26″E / 41.01972°N 28.95722°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Church with cross-in-square plan |
Style | Middle Byzantine - Comnenian |
Groundbreaking | Between 1118 and 1124 |
Completed | Before 1136 |
Materials | Brick |
Part of | Historic Areas of Istanbul |
Criteria | Cultural: i, ii, iii, iv |
Reference | 356 |
Inscription | 1985 (9th Session) |
Zeyrek Mosque (Turkish: Zeyrek Camii) or the Monastery of the Pantokrator (Greek: Μονή του Παντοκράτορος Χριστού; Turkish: Pantokrator Manastırı), is a large mosque on the Fazilet Street in the Zeyrek district of Fatih in Istanbul, overlooking the Golden Horn. It is made up of two former Byzantine churches and a chapel joined together and represents the best example of Middle Byzantine architecture in Constantinople. After Hagia Sophia, it is the largest Byzantine religious edifice still standing in Istanbul. [1]
It is less than 1 km to the southeast of Eski Imaret Mosque, another Byzantine church that was turned into a mosque.
East of the complex is an Ottoman Konak which has been restored and opened as a restaurant and tea garden called Zeyrekhane.