🕌 Fatih Mosque, Istanbul

Turkey · Europe · 41.02°N, 28.95°E

The Fatih Mosque is an Ottoman mosque off Fevzi Paşa Caddesi in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. The original mosque was constructed between 1463 and 1470 on the site of the Church of the Holy Apostles. Seriously damaged in the 1766 earthquake, it was rebuilt in 1771 to a different design. It is named after the Ottoman sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, known in Turkish as Fatih Sultan Mehmed, who conquered Constantinople in 1453.

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Quick facts

Country	Turkey
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	41.02°N, 28.95°E · view on map

Fatih Mosque, Istanbul is located in Turkey, in Europe.

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