April 12, 2024
Constantinople / Istanbul, TURKEY - Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque
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Constantinople / Istanbul, TURKEY - Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque : The Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque, also known as the Aksaray Valide Mosque (Turkish: Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Camii, Aksaray Valide Sultan Camii), is an Ottoman imperial mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. It is located at the intersection of Ordu Street and Atatürk Boulevard in the Aksaray neighborhood. It is located next to Pertevniyal High School (Turkish: Pertevniyal Lisesi) which was also built by the order of Sultana Pertevniyal in 1872. One of the last mosques built in Istanbul during the Ottoman Empire, the Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque was built for the Sultana Pertevniyal, wife of Sultan Mahmud II and mother of Sultan Abdülaziz. It was designed by the Italian architect Montani. The construction work began in November 1869, and the mosque was finished in 1871. The building is an example of Turkish Rococo with admixture of classical Turkish, Gothic, Renaissance, and Empire styles. It is rather unique in the details of the rock work. Constantinople remained the most common name for the city in the West until the establishment of the Turkish Republic, and Kostantiniyye was the primary name used by the Ottomans during their rule. Nevertheless, the use of Constantinople to refer to the city during the Ottoman period (from the mid-15th century to 1922 in the
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