The Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque, also called the Yıldız Mosque , is an Ottoman imperial mosque located in Yıldız

Yildiz

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 neighbourhood of Beşiktaş

Besiktas

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 district in Istanbul

Istanbul

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, Turkey

Turkey

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, on the way to Yıldız Palace

Yildiz Palace

Yıldız Palace is a vast complex of former imperial Ottoman pavilions and villas in Istanbul, Turkey, built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was used as a residence by the Sultan and his court in the late 19th century.- Origin :...

. The mosque was commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II

Abdul Hamid II

His Imperial Majesty, The Sultan Abdülhamid II, Emperor of the Ottomans, Caliph of the Faithful was the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire...

, and constructed between 1884 and 1886. The mosque was built on a rectangular plan and has one minaret

Minaret

A minaret مناره , sometimes مئذنه) is a distinctive architectural feature of Islamic mosques, generally a tall spire with an onion-shaped or conical crown, usually either free standing or taller than any associated support structure. The basic form of a minaret includes a base, shaft, and gallery....

. The architecture of the mosque is a combination of Neo-Gothic style and classical Ottoman motifs.

A bronze colonnade erected by Sultan Abdul Hamid II in Marjeh Square

Marjeh Square

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 of Damascus

Damascus

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, Syria

Syria

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 bears a replica statue of the Yıldız Mosque on top.

See also

• List of mosques
• Ottoman architecture
• Yıldız Attempt
  Yildiz Attempt
  Yıldız assassination attempt was an assassination attempted on Sultan Abdul Hamid II by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation at Yıldız Mosque on July 21, 1905 in the Ottoman capital Constantinople .- Background :...
  
  
• Yıldız Clock Tower
  Yildiz Clock Tower
  Yıldız Clock Tower , is a clock tower situated next to the courtyard of the Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque, in Yıldız neighborhood of Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey at the European side of Bosphorus.-History:...
  
  
• Yıldız Palace
  Yildiz Palace
  Yıldız Palace is a vast complex of former imperial Ottoman pavilions and villas in Istanbul, Turkey, built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was used as a residence by the Sultan and his court in the late 19th century.- Origin :...
  
  

External links

• Images of the Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque