Odalar mosque | |
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Odalar Câmîi | |
![]() The Mosque seen from East with Kariye Mosque in the background after the fire of 1919 | |
Former names | Santa Maria di Costantinopoli |
General information | |
Status | Destroyed |
Type | Church |
Architectural style | Middle Byzantine - Comnenian |
Address | Müftu Sokaĝi 20-22 |
Town or city | Istanbul |
Country | Turkey |
Coordinates | 41°01′45″N 28°56′23″E / 41.029071°N 28.939828°E |
Destroyed | July 2nd, 1919 |
Technical details | |
Structural system | Cross-in-square |
41°01′45″N 28°56′23″E / 41.029071°N 28.939828°E The Odalar Mosque (Turkish: Odalar Câmîi, meaning "the mosque of the barracks" after the nearby accommodations of the married Janissaries established in this quarter in the 18th century. Also: Kemankeş Mustafa Paşa Câmîi) was an Ottoman mosque in Istanbul.[1] The building was originally a Byzantine-era Eastern Orthodox church of unknown dedication.[1] In 1475, after the Fall of Constantinople (1453), it became a Roman Catholic church, dedicated to Saint Mary of Constantinople, until finally it was converted into a mosque by the Ottomans in 1640.[1] The mosque was destroyed by fire in 1919, and since then has fallen into ruin.[1] As of 2011, only some walls remain, hidden among modern buildings.