Gül Mosque is a former Byzantine church in Istanbul, Turkey, converted into a mosque by the Ottomans.
Gül Camii ("Rose Mosque")
Gül Mosque in drawing of 1877, from A.G. Paspates' Byzantine Topographical Studies
The mosque seen from Atatürk Bridge on the Golden Horn. In the background, the Fener quarter with the dome of the Megali tou Gènous scholè, the largest Rûm (Greek) school in Istanbul
The southwest gallery with the wooden lodge for the sultan.
Fatih is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 15 km2, and its population is 368,227 (2022). It is home to almost all of the provincial authorities but not the courthouse. It encompasses the historical peninsula, coinciding with old Constantinople. In 2009, the district of Eminönü, which had been a separate municipality located at the tip of the peninsula, was once again remerged into Fatih because of its small population. Fatih is bordered by the Golden Horn to the north and the Sea of Marmara to the south, while the Western border is demarked by the Theodosian wall and the east by the Bosphorus Strait.
Hagia Sophia in Fatih
Panorama of Istanbul taken from Galata tower. Shown from left to right is the Asian side of the city, Topkapi palace, Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Galata bridge and New Mosque.
panorama of Fatih
The Great Walls of Constantinople.
