Turkey: Ottoman ceremony at the Hamidiye Mosque in Yildiz District, Istanbul. Photograph by the Abdullah Brothers (fl. 1858-1900), c. 1890. The Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque, also called the Yıldız Mosque (Turkish: Yıldız Hamidiye Camii, Yıldız Camii), is an Ottoman imperial mosque located in Yıldız neighbourhood of Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey, on the way to Yıldız Palace. The mosque was commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II, and constructed between 1884 and 1886. The architecture of the mosque is a combination of Neo-Gothic style and classical Ottoman motifs.

• Contributor: CPA Media Pte Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: 2B00P0J
• File size: 50 MB (1,022.6 KB Compressed download)
• Releases: Model - no | Property - no
• Dimensions: 4765 x 3664 px | 40.3 x 31 cm | 15.9 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 7 August 2010
• Photographer: Pictures From History

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