Ramazan Pasha Mosque

Historical Mosque / Turkiye, Aegean, Aydın


Ramazan Pasha Mosque

The mosque was built on a low platform on a sloping area in the north-south direction. The building consists of a square planned, single-domed sanctuary, the narthex and the minaret in the northwest. The fountain is to the north of the mosque. The building material of the mosque is cut stone. On the west façade, there are three triangular arched windows on the lower floor and three opening windows on the upper floor. On the south façade, the mihrab protrudes from the wall. There are two windows on each side and three opening windows on the upper floor. The east façade is arranged as in the west. The narthex in the north consists of three parts. Each section is covered with a dome. The dome circles are crossed with pendentives. The porticoes have a cylindrical body and a lozenge-shaped head. In addition to the windows on the north façade, there is the entrance to the sanctuary. The roundness of the dome covering the harim was crossed with squinches. There is a wooden woman's ruin in the north.

The mihrab is round arched. The pulpit is made of marble. There is not much decoration outside the building. The dome surface is divided into 16 sections with a radial arrangement. It has gone through two phases of construction. The first building has no inscription. According to its foundation charter dated 1595, the mosque was built by Ramazan Pasha. The mosque was partially burned. It was destroyed in the 1899 earthquake. Today's mosque was built in 1901 by Sökeli Hacı Halim Pasha.

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