Which building has been the home to the most religious organizations, Gül Mosque or Hagia Irene?
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Gül Mosque Gül Mosque (Turkish: "Gül Camii" , meaning: "The Mosque of the Rose" in English) is a former Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul, Turkey, converted into a mosque by the Ottomans.
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Hagia Irene Hagia Irene or Hagia Eirene (Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Εἰρήνη , Byzantine ] , "Holy Peace", Turkish: "Aya İrini" ), sometimes known also as Saint Irene, is a Greek Eastern Orthodox church located in the outer courtyard of Topkapı Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. It is one of the few churches in Istanbul that has not been converted into a mosque. The Hagia Irene today operates as a museum and concert hall.
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Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque The Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Lala Mustafa Paşa Camii), originally known as the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas and later as the Ayasofya (Saint Sophia) Mosque of Mağusa, is the largest medieval building in Famagusta, Northern Cyprus. Built between 1298 and c. 1400, it was consecrated as a Roman Catholic cathedral in 1328. The cathedral was converted into a mosque after the Ottoman Empire captured Famagusta in 1571 and it remains a mosque to this day. From 1954 the building has taken its name from Lala Mustafa Pasha, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from Sokolovići in Bosnia, who served Murat III and led Ottoman forces against the Venetians in Cyprus.
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Italian Church (Bucharest) The Italian Church of the Most Holy Redeemer (Romanian: "Biserica Italiană "Preasfântul Mântuitor"" ) is a Roman Catholic church located in Bucharest, Romania, at 28 Nicolae Bălcescu Blvd., the city's busiest street. The Lombard Romanesque red brick edifice was built between 1915-1916 and consecrated by bishop Raymond Netzhammer in 1916. Owned by the Italian government, it is surrounded by grey concrete apartment blocks. Services are held daily in Romanian at 6 PM, and on Sundays, in Polish at 9 AM, Romanian at 10 AM, Italian at 11 AM.
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2011 Imbaba church attacks The 2011 Imbaba church attacks were a series of attacks that took place on 7 May 2011 against Coptic Christian churches in the poor working-class neighborhood of Imbaba in Cairo, Egypt. The attacks were blamed on Salafi Muslims, and the attacks began when the Salafis attacked the Coptic Orthodox church of Saint Mina, where they alleged a Christian woman was being held against her will because she wanted to convert to Islam. The attacks resulted in the burning of 3 Coptic Orthodox churches, and the destruction of many Christian-owned houses and businesses. In addition, 15 people were killed in the attacks, and about 232 injured. Among those killed were four Christians and six Muslims, while two other bodies were still unidentified. Imbaba has been known to be a stronghold of Muslim fundamentalists since the 1970s, but also comprises a significant number of Coptic Christians.
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Fittja Mosque The Fittja Mosque (Swedish: "Fittja moské" ) is a mosque in Turkish style architecture. Construction began in 1998 and finished in 2007. The mosque is owned by the local Turkish Islamic Association, which has about 1,500 members. The minaret is 32.5 metres high, and is the tallest minaret in Europe. The mosque in Fier, Albania is higher still, at 51 metres.
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Kal Kados, Corapci Han Synagogue Kal Kados, Corapci Han Synagogue is a synagogue in Istanbul, Turkey. Located in an historic office building built by Russian Jews in the 1880s with the help of Count de Kamondo, the synagogue is open for daily prayers during weekdays.
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Catholic Church in Greece The Catholic Church in Greece is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Indigenous Roman Catholic Greeks number about 50,000-70.000 and are a religious and not an ethnic minority. Most of them are a reminiscence of Venetian and Genoese rule in many Greek islands (in both the Aegean and Ionian seas) from the early 13th until the late 18th century, or descendants of the thousands of Bavarians that came to Greece in the 1830s as soldiers and civil administrators, accompanying King Otto. One very old but still common term to refer to them is "Φράγκοι", or "Franks", dating to the times of the Byzantine Empire, when medieval Greeks would use that term to describe all Catholics.
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Burmali Minare Mosque (Amasya) Burmali Minare Mosque (Amasya) ("Burmali Minare" means "Spiral Minaret" in Turkish) is a historical 13th century Mosque in Amasya, Turkey. The mosque was built between 1237 and 1247 by the Seljuks.
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Islamic Religious Community of Macedonia The Islamic Religious Community of Macedonia or IRC (Albanian: "Bashkësia Fetare Islame e Maqedonisë" or "BFI", Macedonian: "Исламската Верска Заедница во Македонија" or "ИВЗ") is an independent religious organisation of Muslims in the Republic of Macedonia. The headquarter of the community is in Skopje and the current leader, titled Reis-ul-ulema, is Sulejman Rexhepi.
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Santo Domingo Church The Santo Domingo Church, also known as National Shrine of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of La Naval de Manila (Spanish: "Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario de La Naval de Manila"; Filipino: "Pambansang Dambana ng Mahál na Birhen ng Santísimo Rosario ng La Naval"), is the largest church in Metro Manila and one of the biggest churches in Asia. It is a massive church complex that includes the mother house of the Filipino Dominicans, which is the center of Dominican activities in the archipelago and the Filipino Dominicans who have been sent to other parts of the world.
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Sixty Dome Mosque The Sixty Dome Mosque (Bengali: ষাট গম্বুজ মসজিদ "Shaṭ Gombuj Moshjid"; more commonly known as "Shait Gambuj Mosque" or "Saith Gunbad Masjid"), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a mosque in Bangladesh, the largest in that country from the Sultanate period. It has been described as "the most impressive Muslim monuments in the whole of the Indian subcontinent."
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Mosque Maryam Mosque Maryam (Temple #2) in Chicago, Illinois, United States, is the headquarters of the Nation of Islam. It is at 7351 South Stony Island Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood. Louis Farrakhan's headquarters are in the premises. The building was originally the Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church before it relocated to suburban Palos Hills. Elijah Muhammad purchased the building in 1972 and the mosque was then repurchased by Louis Farrakhan 16 years later, in 1988. It was named after Mary, the mother of Jesus ("Maryam" is Arabic for Mary). Farrakhan said former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had also lent Elijah Muhammad, his predecessor as head of the Nation of Islam, $3 million to convert a Greek Orthodox Church in Chicago into the Mosque Maryam.
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Great Mosque of Riyadusshalihin Great Mosque of Riyadusshalihin is a mosque in Barabai, Hulu Sungai Tengah Regency, South Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. The mosque was built in 1962 and it is one of the most important religious and tourist sites in Barabai.
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Bahá'í Faith in Europe The Bahá'í Faith is a diverse and widespread religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in the 19th century in Iran. Bahá'í sources usually estimate the worldwide Bahá'í population to be above 5 million. Most encyclopedias and similar sources estimate between 5 and 6 million Bahá'ís in the world in the early 21st century. The religion is almost entirely contained in a single, organized, hierarchical community, but the Bahá'í population is spread out into almost every country and ethnicity in the world, being recognized as the second-most geographically widespread religion after Christianity. See Bahá'í statistics.
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Architecture of Istanbul The Architecture of Istanbul describes a large mixture of structures which reflect the many influences that have made an indelible mark in all districts of the city. The ancient part of the city (the historic peninsula) is still partially surrounded by the Walls of Constantinople, erected in 5th century by the Emperor Theodosius II to protect the city from invasion. The architecture inside the city proper contains buildings, statues, and functional constructions which came from Byzantine, Genoese, Ottoman, and modern Turkish sources. The city has many architecturally significant entities. Throughout its long history, Istanbul has acquired a reputation for being a cultural and ethnic melting pot. As a result, there are many historical mosques, churches, synagogues, palaces, castles and towers to visit in the city.
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Ahmadiyya in Spain Ahmadiyya is an Islamic branch in Spain, under the spiritual leadership of the caliph in London. The earliest history of the Community in Spain dates back to the period of the Second Caliph, when Malik Mohammad Sharid Gujrati, a missionary of the Community, arrived in Madrid on March 10, 1936. However, in the same year the Spanish Civil War broke out forcing Gujrati to abandon the country. Missionary efforts commenced once again following the Second World War, in 1946 when Karam Ilahi Zafar was sent by the caliph. The Basharat Mosque in Pedro Abad, built by the Ahmadiyya in the 1980s is the first mosque to be built in Spain since the Fall of Granada and the end of Muslim rule at the end of the 15th century. Today there are two purpose built Ahmadi Muslim mosques and roughly 500 adherents in Spain.
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Mangalia Mosque Esmahan Sultan Mosque (Romanian: "Moscheea „Esmahan Sultan”" ) is the oldest mosque in Romania.
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Muhammad Maarifi Mosque Muhammad Maarifi Mosque (Turkish: "Maarifi Sultan Camii" ) is a historical mosque in Kartal district of Istanbul, Turkey, which was once a Rifa'i Tekke.
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Gurjaani Kvelatsminda Church The Gurjaani Kvelatsminda Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God (Georgian: გურჯაანის ყველაწმინდა , literally, "the holiest of Gurjaani") is a Georgian Orthodox church constructed in the 8th or 9th century, during the "transitional period" in the medieval Georgian architecture. It is located in the town of Gurjaani in Georgia's easternmost region of Kakheti.
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Ese Kapi Mosque Ese Kapi Mosque (Turkish: "Ese Kapı Mescidi" , where "mescit" is the Turkish word for a small mosque), also "Isa Kapi Mosque", meaning in English "Mosque of the Gate of Jesus", was an Ottoman mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. The building was originally a Byzantine Eastern Orthodox church of unknown dedication.
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Santo Stefano, Bologna The basilica of Santo Stefano (Italian: "Basilica di Santo Stefano" ) encompasses a complex of religious edifices in the city of Bologna, Italy. Located on Piazza Santo Stefano, it is locally known as "Sette Chiese" ("Seven Churches") and "Santa Gerusalemme" ("Holy Jerusalem").