Boyacı Mosque

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Boyacı Mosque
Minaret of the mosque (appears to be of the Kozluca Mosque)
Religion
AffiliationIslam
RegionSouthern Anatolia
Location
LocationTurkey Gaziantep, Turkey
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleIslamic, Seljuk architecture
Completed1357
Specifications
Minaret(s)1
Materialscut stone

Boyacı Camii (Turkish for "Painter's Mosque"), also called Boyacıoğlu Camii or Kadı Kemalettin Camii is a Mosque in Gaziantep, Turkey.[1]

It is located in the Şahinbey district of the city at the intersection of Kutlar Street and Hamdi Kutlar Avenue. Construction began in 1211 under the orders of Kadı Kemalettin Bey and it was finished in 1357.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mohammad, G. (2014). Sacred Precincts: The Religious Architecture of Non-Muslim Communities Across the Islamic World. Arts and Archaeology of the Islamic World. Brill. p. 92. ISBN 978-90-04-28022-9. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. ^ "TARİHİ CAMİLERİMİZ". gaziantepmuftulugu.gov.t. 2012-06-12. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-06-12.

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