İzzet Pasha Mosque

38°40′30″N 39°13′26″E / 38.67491°N 39.22393°E / 38.67491; 39.22393ArchitectureTypemosqueStyleOttomanCompleted1972SpecificationsCapacity5Dome dia. (outer)20 metres (66 ft)Minaret(s)2Minaret height55 metres (180 feet).

İzzet Paşa Mosque is a mosque in Elazığ, Turkey

It is on Gazi Paşa boulevard of Elazığ.^[1] The commissioner of the mosque was Hacı Ahmet İzzet Pasha, the governor of Elazığ during the Ottoman Empire era. It was completed in 1866. It was an abode structure and it could barely withstand aging in a century. In 1967 it was demolished by a İzvak, a foundation established to renew the mosque. In 1972 the mosque was rebuilt and was opened to service. The other dimensions of the mosque are 44 x 28.5 m² (144 x 94 ft²). It also has two porticos with dimensions 8 x 28.5 m² and 4 x 27.15 m². The diameter of its dome is 20 metres (66 ft) It has two 55 metres (180 ft) minarets. The mosque also houses 115 markets in the ground floor built to provide revenue to sustain the mosque.^[2]

See also

• List of mosques in Turkey

References

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