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The Fethiye Mosque / The Pammakaristos Church
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It was constructed in 12th century with the
order of Johannes Kommenos and his wife and a graveyard chapel
was annexed during the 14th century. After the conquest of
Georgia and Azerbaijan, it was transformed in to a mosque in
1591, in honor of the conquest. Named Fethiye Mosque by the
Ottomans, now used partially as a mosque and a museum. Fethiye
is a Byzantine building which has the most beautiful mosaics
after Kariye (St. Chora) and Hagia Sophia. It was used as the
Patriarchate church after the conquest between 1455 - 1566 since
the St. Apostoli Church of the Patriarchate was planned to be
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The mosaics which were dedicated to Mary
named as the 'happy mother of God' are the typical examples of
the Byzantine renaissance, like those in St. Chora. When it was
converted into a mosque the mosaics were covered under a white
wash. And early in this century, they were cleaned and became
visible again. There is a typical Byzantine dome over square
plan of the church. The walls of the church were built of
elegant stones and bricks. |
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