Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque
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The Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Rum Mehmet Paşa Camii) is an old Ottoman mosque located in a large and densely populated district of Üsküdar, in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Location | |
Location | Istanbul, Turkey |
Geographic coordinates | 41.024651°N 29.010859°E / 41.024651; 29.010859 |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque |
Style | Ottoman architecture, Byzantine architecture |
Groundbreaking | 1469 |
Completed | 1471 |
Minaret(s) | 1 |
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Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque is located close to the Bosphorus waterfront and Şemsi Pasha, Yeni Valide and Mihrimah Sultan historical mosques located in the Üsküdar district. It is the first mosque to be built on the Asian (Anatolian) side of Istanbul following its takeover and collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire.[1]