Dolmabahçe Mosque

Nice and beautiful mosque ud83dudd4c in Istanbul...

The Dolmabahçe Mosque is a mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. It was commissioned by queen mother Bezmi Alem Valide Sultan.

Dolmabahçe Mosque is a building that was initiated by Sultan Abdülmecit's mother Bezmialem Valide Sultan and completed by Sultan Abdülmecit upon his death and designed by Garabet Balyan.nDolmabahçe Mosque, whose real name is Bezmialem Valide Sultan Mosque, but is considered within the whole of Dolmabahçe Palace due to its location, was opened for worship with a Friday ceremony on March 23, 1855 after a construction period of more than two years.nThe most prominent formal feature of the mosque is that it has a clear setup and geometry. The mosque and sultan's sections seem to have been designed separately and then combined depending on their functions. The mosque is a domed and high mass on a square planned infrastructure. The Hünkar section is a rectangular prismatic and lower mass. These two masses are joined in the direction of the north facade of the mosque. The geometry in this structure is one of the last but most holistic examples of the dominant design, empire style or neo-classicalism in the mid-19th century.

The spectacular combination of ottoman and european baroque design! One of the most beautiful mosque I’ve ever seen. On the bank of the Bhosporus.

Great and huge. Looks more like a castle rather than a mosque.