24 août 2020
Anciennes Églises Byzantines, Assyriennes et Arméniennes, converties en Mosquées en Turquie. Ancient Byzantine, Assyrian and Armenian, Churches converted into Mosques in Turkey.
© Alfred YAGHOBZADEH / Divergence
Dome and Minaret, Liberation Mosque, formerly theÊSt Mary's Church CathedralÊorÊHoly Mother of God Church.It was built as anÊArmenian Apostolic ChurchÊbut, after theÊArmenian Genocide, was converted into a mosque.ÊSarkis Balyan, the Ottoman-Armenian architect of SultanÊAbdulhamid II, designed the church. Construction started in 1892, The church was part of a complex that also contained a school and administrative buildings of the dioceses of theÊkazaÊof Antep. In 1915, almost all Armenians ofÊGaziantepÊwere deported to Syrian desert during the liberation war. The church stood empty and then was used as a prison around the 1920s. It remained a prison into the 1970s,Êuntil it was converted into a mosque in 1980. The top half of the bell tower was demolished, the remainder converted into a single-balconyÊminaret. The bell, which was cast in the 19th century in South America, was taken to Gaziantep Museum. Gaziantep, Turkey, 05/08/2020
Lieu : SANLIURFA, URFA, TURKEY
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