24 août 2020
Anciennes ¢glises Byzantines, Assyriennes et Arméniennes, converties en Mosquées en Turquie. Ancient Byzantine, Assyrian and Armenian, Churches converted into Mosques in Turkey.
© Alfred YAGHOBZADEH / Divergence
Halil-ur Rahman Mosque, is next to Lake (Balikli Gol) (or Pool of Abraham, known in Jewish and Islamic legends as the place where Nimrod threw the Prophet Abraham into a fire). The mosque is also called "Döşeme Mosque" by the locals. In 504 A.D. Priest Urbisyus built a church in the name of Jesus Christ's mother Mary. Known as the Virgin Mary Church in records, the church was turned into a mosque by Abbasid caliphate Me'mun's rule (813-833. The minaret was repaired by Saladin' nephew Al Malik-ul Esref Muzafferuddin Musa in 1211-1212. The whole structure was renovated by Suleiman the Magnificient (1520-156) In 1810, there was another comprehensive ronavation. Evliya CElebi mentions of this mosque in his Seyehatname as "Ibrahim Halil Lodge". The old bell tower is still in tact today. Sanliurfa (Urfa), Turkey, 04/08/2020
Lieu : SANLIURFA, URFA, TURKEY
Mots clés : Church, eglise, Mosque, cathedral, Grand Mosque, Icone, monde byzantin, Icon, Constantinople, christianisme, islam, religion, Greek Orthodox, Grec orthodoxe, Halil ur Rahman Mosque, Lake Balikli, Doeme Mosque, Jesus Christ, mother Mary, Virgin Mary Church, lac Balikli, mosquee Doeme, mere Marie, Eglise Vierge Marie, fish, poissons, Ibrahim, Ottoman, 1453, Mehmed II, Conquerant, convertie, mosquee, eglise convertie, converted church, Eastern, Roman Empire, Byzantine, Byzantine Empire, Justin I, Christianity, Conqueror, converted, modern, heritage, 2020, new convert, Turquie, moderne, UNESCO, World, patrimoine, nouveau convertie, grande mosquee, Sanliurfa, Urfa