Village:
Medgidia
Ottoman name of village:
Mecidiye
Latitude:
44.2455556
Longitude:
028.2705556
Date:
1857
Description:
First mention is in a decree issued on the 2nd of September 1857 by the Sultan Abdul Mdjid through is ordered the buiding of the mosque. Finally was built between 1859-1865, and it has 18 m high and a rectangular shape. In interior a perimetral gallery is on three sides and is supported by wooden pillars. Before the prayer room is an ante-chamber wich it seems to have originally been a porch and was closed off in a later stage. The four windows betwwen the main room and antechamber sustain these supposition. Between the windows, in the porch, two niches like mihrab are set up. Above the entry in the prayer room is carved the Sultan Abdul Medgid's monogram/seal (tr. Tughra). The minaret, situated near the north-western corner is 25 m tall. In the garden is situated a kiosk sheltering the ritual fountain (tr. sadirvan). The fountain is covered by splayed rooftop supported by eight pillars resting on a stone pedestal. The mosque renovated in 1970, 1973, 1987 and again at end of 20th century.
Literature:
Bruno Andreșoiu: Geamii: Minarete pe cerul Dobrogei - Minarets in a Dobrogea sky, 2012, p. 136-145
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