Odalar Mosque
| Odalar mosque | |
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| Odalar Câmîi | |
The Mosque seen from East with Kariye Mosque in the background after the fire of 1919
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 Location within Istanbul
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| 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 |
Coordinates: 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 Jannisaries established in this quarter in the 18th century. Also: Kemankeş Mustafa Paşa Câmîi) was an Ottoman mosque in Istanbul. The building was originally a Byzantine-era Eastern Orthodox church of unknown dedication. 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. The mosque was destroyed by fire in 1919, and since then has fallen into ruin. As of 2011, only some walls remain, hidden among modern buildings.
The ruins of the building lie in Istanbul, in the district of Fatih, in the neighborhood of Salmatomruk, not far from Edirne Kapı (the ancient Gate of Charisius), more or less halfway between the Chora Church and the Fethiye Mosque. The few remains lie in a courtyard and can be accessed through modern blocks built on Müftu Sokaĝi 20-22.
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