Odalar Mosque

Odalar mosque
Odalar Câmîi
The Mosque seen from East with Kariye Mosque in the background after the fire of 1919
Odalar Mosque is located in Istanbul Fatih
Odalar Mosque
Location in the Fatih district of Istanbul
Former namesSanta Maria di Costantinopoli
General information
StatusDestroyed
TypeChurch
Architectural styleMiddle Byzantine - Comnenian
AddressMüftu Sokaĝi 20-22
Town or cityIstanbul
CountryTurkey
Coordinates41°01′45″N 28°56′23″E / 41.029071°N 28.939828°E / 41.029071; 28.939828
DestroyedJuly 2nd, 1919
Technical details
Structural systemCross-in-square

41°01′45″N 28°56′23″E / 41.029071°N 28.939828°E / 41.029071; 28.939828 The Odalar Mosque (Turkish: Odalar Câmîi, meaning "the mosque of the barracks" after the nearby accommodations of the married Janissaries established in this quarter in the 18th century. Also: Kemankeş Mustafa Paşa Câmîi) was an Ottoman mosque in Istanbul.[1] The building was originally a Byzantine-era Eastern Orthodox church of unknown dedication.[1] In 1475, after the Fall of Constantinople (1453), it became a Roman Catholic church, dedicated to Saint Mary of Constantinople, until finally it was converted into a mosque by the Ottomans in 1640.[1] The mosque was destroyed by fire in 1919, and since then has fallen into ruin.[1] As of 2011, only some walls remain, hidden among modern buildings.

  1. ^ a b c d Müller-Wiener (1977), p. 188.