Ese Kapi Mosque

Coordinates: 41°00′17″N 28°56′24″E / 41.004662°N 28.939911°E / 41.004662; 28.939911
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Map of Byzantine Constantinople. The Ese Kapı Mescidi is located at the corner between the Walls of Constantine and the southern branch of the Mese, in the southwestern part of the city

Ese Kapi Mosque (

Eastern Orthodox church of unknown dedication.[1]

Location

The mosque lies in the

Mahalle) of Davutpaşa,[2] about 500 meters east-northeast of the Sancaktar Hayrettin Mosque, another Byzantine building. The edifice is now enclosed in the complex of Cerrahpaşa University Hospital
.

History

Byzantine Age

The origin of this Byzantine building, which lies on the southern slope of the

Palaiologan era.[1] The proposed identification with the Monastery of Iasités (Greek: Μονῆ τοῦ Ἰασίτου), which lay in the neighborhood, remains uncertain.[3]

Ottoman and modern Age

The mosque in a drawing of 1877, from A.G. Paspates' Byzantine topographical studies

After the

Sebil).[5][6] The 1894 Istanbul earthquake ruined the building (only two walls withstood the quake), which was then abandoned.[6] The ruins are now enclosed in the garden of Cerrahpaşa Hospital, seat of the Faculty of Medicine of Istanbul University. In recent years the building was surveyed and scanned and has been reconstructed according to its original shape [8]
and functions now again as a Mosque.

Description

The edifice has a rectangular plan with sides of 17.0 m and 6.80 m,

Conch) and the St. Hypatius (on the side wall), were still visible in 1930, but now have disappeared.[1][3] On the two walls still standing are still visible decorations in stucco.[5]

Two sides of the court are occupied by a

Sebil.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Müller-Wiener (1977), p. 118.
  2. ^ "Archaeological Destructıon in Turkey, preliminary report" (PDF), Marmara Region – Byzantine, TAY Project, p. 29, retrieved April 13, 2012
  3. ^ a b Janin (1953) p.264
  4. ^ a b c Necipoĝlu (2005), p.392
  5. ^ a b c d e f Eyice (1955), p.90
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Müller-Wiener (1977), p. 119.
  7. ^ Boyar & Fleet (2010), p. 146
  8. ^ "İsa Kapı Mosque". The Byzantine Legacy. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  9. ^ Mamboury (1953) p.302

Sources

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  • Mamboury, Ernest (1953). The Tourists' Istanbul. Istanbul: Çituri Biraderler Basımevi.
  • Janin, Raymond (1953). La Géographie Ecclésiastique de l'Empire Byzantin. 1. Part: Le Siège de Constantinople et le Patriarcat Oecuménique. 3rd Vol. : Les Églises et les Monastères (in French). Paris: Institut Français d'Etudes Byzantines.
  • Eyice, Semavi (1955). Istanbul. Petite Guide a travers les Monuments Byzantins et Turcs (in French). Istanbul: Istanbul Matbaası.

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