The Handan Agha Mosque is a fifteenth-century mosque near the Golden Horn in the Haskoy neighborhood of Beyoglu, Istanbul, built by Handan Agha, an official of Sultan Mehmed II, and also known as the Kuskonmaz or Birds Don't Perch Mosque. Its interior carries sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Iznik tiles along with some nineteenth-century maiolica tiles, and its basement originally served as a boathouse before land reclamation moved the shoreline away from the building. The mosque underwent repairs in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and further restoration in the 1960s, and it remains a recognized part of the Ottoman-era religious architecture of Istanbul. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The Handan Agha Mosque is a fifteenth-century mosque near the Golden Horn in the Haskoy neighborhood of Beyoglu, Istanbul, built by Handan Agha, an official of Sultan Mehmed II, and also known as the Kuskonmaz or Birds Don't Perch Mosque. Its interior carries sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Iznik tiles along with some nineteenth-century maiolica tiles, and its basement originally served as a boathouse before land reclamation moved the shoreline away from the building. The mosque underwent repairs in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and further restoration in the 1960s, and it remains a recognized part of the Ottoman-era religious architecture of Istanbul.
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Handan Agha Mosque is a mosque near the Golden Horn in the Hasköy neighborhood of Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey. It is also known as the Kuşkonmaz or "Birds Don't Perch" Mosque. One of Sultan Mehmed II's aghas, Handan Agha, had it built in the 15th century. The interior is decorated with 16th- and 17th-century İznik tiles, with some maiolica tiles from the 19th century. The basement of the mosque was
View the Source2. Handan Agha Mosque (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Istanbul, Turkey
Wikidata item Q3397455, property P131/P17 (location): Istanbul, Turkey
In Style: Ottoman Architecture, Wikidata P149
architectural style: Ottoman architecture
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