Gul Mosque

April 10, 2010 23:32 by haci

Turkish: Gül Camii, meaning: "The Mosque of the Rose" in English is a former Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul, Turkey converted into a mosque by the Ottomans.

Location
The building is located in Istanbul, in the district of Fatih, in the neighborhood of Ayakapı ("Gate of the Saint"), along Vakif Mektebi Sokak. It lies at the end of the valley which divides the fourth and the fifth hills of Constantinople, and from its imposing position it overlooks the Golden Horn.[1]

The mosque in 1877It is one of the most important religious Byzantine buildings of Constantinople still extant, but its dedication and the date of its construction, which for long time appeared certain, are now disputed by scholars. It is either identified with the church belonging to the nunnery of Saint Theodosia