Faith / Mosque
Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Paşa Mosque
Merzifon, Amasya
The mosque of the Kara Mustafa Paşa Complex in central Merzifon, built in 1666 and famous for the landscape paintings in its ablution fountain dome.
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Its story
The mosque was built in 1666 by Grand Vizier Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Paşa. According to the TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, the complex built between 1666 and 1679 consists of a mosque, a stone han, a bedesten, a library, hammams and shops. The three landscape paintings in the dome of the 19th-century wooden şadırvan (ablution fountain) show scenes thought to depict the Ottoman army before İstanbul, Amasya and Vienna. Together with the bedesten and the clock tower, the mosque forms the historic core of the Merzifon bazaar.
Key facts
- Built
- 1666
- Highlight
- Wooden ablution fountain with a painted dome
- Visit duration
- 20 minutes
- Commissioned by
- Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Paşa
Trip purpose
- Free
- Photography
Location
40.87252, 35.46406
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://amasya.ktb.gov.tr/TR-281157/merzifonlu-kara-mustafa-pasa-camii.html | https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/merzifon | https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/188280147 | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14089145