Masjid Fatih Istanbul

Pada petang hari dalam perjalanan pulang ke homestay sempat singgah sebuah masjid yang sangat bersejarah, Masjid Fatih. Masjid Fatih dibangun dengan senibina rekaan arkitek Sinan.

Masjid Fatih menempatkan makam Sultan Mehmet II (Al-Fatih) dan isteri beliau nama Gulbahar. Al-Fatih adalah Ottoman yang berjaya menawan Constantinople pada 1453M.

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• The mosque was built on the site of one of the most important Christian buildings in the city at the time, the Church of the Holy Apostles. Up until 1028 CE, the church had been the burial place of all Byzantine emperors (including Constantine) but had been left in a poor condition. Construction of the mosque began ten years after the Conquest of Istanbul, in 1463 CE and lasted seven years.

• The original mosque was almost completely destroyed in an earthquake in 1766 CE. It was rebuilt in 1771 CE (to a different plan) by the architect Mimar Mehmet Tahir under the order of Sultan Mustapha III. 

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Masjid Fatih

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