Faith / Mosque
Vize Little Hagia Sophia (Gazi Süleyman Paşa Mosque)
Vize, Kırklareli
Vize's basilica, known as the Little Hagia Sophia, built as a church in the Byzantine period and converted into a mosque.
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Its story
Gazi Süleyman Paşa Mosque was built in the Byzantine period as a basilica-plan church; views on its construction date range from the 6th to the 13th century. It was converted into a mosque after Vize passed to the Ottomans. Its architecture is compared with Hagia Sophia and Hagia Irene in Istanbul; the gallery floor and column capitals have been carefully preserved. After restoration in 2007, the building reopened for worship.
Key facts
- Period
- Byzantine; mosque in the Ottoman period
- Restoration
- 2007
Trip purpose
- Free
- Photography
Location
41.57640, 27.76720
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazi_S%C3%BCleyman_Pa%C5%9Fa_Camii_%28Vize%29 | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52790862