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Arap Mosque

Arap Mosque is a in the quarter of , . The building was originally a Roman Catholic church erected in 1325 by the friars of the Dominican Order, near or above an earlier chapel dedicated to Saint Paul in 1233.
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Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: mosque in Turkey
  • Also known as: “Arab Istanbul Mosque”, “Arap Camii”, and “San Paolo Kilisesi”
  • Address: Galata Mahkemesi Sokağı, Arap Cami Mah., İstanbul, Beyoğlu, 34421

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Golden Horn and Galata Tower.

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The is the district of surrounding the banks of the body of water of the same name, which is a bay of the Bosphorus along its western, European coast.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The , officially the Museum, is a medieval Genoese in the part of the district of , . Built as a watchtower at the highest point of the mostly demolished Walls of Galata, the tower is now an exhibition space and museum, and a symbol of Beyoğlu and Istanbul. is situated 300 metres northeast of Arap Mosque.

Museum
Photo: Leandrostr, Public domain.
is a Jewish museum and established by the Quincentennial Foundation to inform the society of the traditions and history of Turkish Jewry. is situated 310 metres northeast of Arap Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Galata and Bereketzade.

Quarter
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is the former name of the neighbourhood in , which is located at the northern shore of the . The district is connected to the historic district by several bridges that cross the Golden Horn, most notably the .

Suburb
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a suburb.

Quarter
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
, the modern name for the old , is a commercial quarter in the district of , Turkey, located at the northern part of the mouth on the European side of Bosphorus.

Arap Mosque

Latitude
41.02434° or 41° 1′ 28″ north
Longitude
28.97107° or 28° 58′ 16″ east
Open location code
8GHC2XFC+PC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 175518809
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Wiki­data ID
Q642478
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Arap Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “Arap Camii”
  • Arabic: “جامع العرب”
  • Belarusian: “Царква Святога Паўла”
  • Bengali: “আরাপ মসজিদ”
  • Chinese: “阿拉伯清真寺”
  • Dutch: “Arap Mosque”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامع العرب”
  • Esperanto: “Araba Moskeo”
  • French: “mosquée Arap”
  • French: “Mosquée Arap”
  • German: “Arap Camii”
  • Greek: “Αράπ Τζαμί”
  • Greek: “Τέμενος Αράπ”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Arab Istanbul”
  • Italian: “moschea Arap”
  • Italian: “Moschea Arap”
  • Japanese: “アラプ・モスク”
  • Kazakh: “Әулие Павел шіркеуі (Константинополь)”
  • Kazakh: “Әулие Павел шіркеуі”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti w’Arap”
  • Macedonian: “Арапска џамија”
  • Malay: “Masjid Arap”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de São Domingos”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de São Paulo e São Domingos”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de São Paulo”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita Árabe”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de Arap”
  • Romanian: “Arap Camii”
  • Russian: “Арабская мечеть в Стамбуле”
  • Russian: “Стамбул арабский Мечеть”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Павла”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de Arap”
  • Turkish: “Arap Camii”
  • Turkish: “Arap Camisi”
  • Ukrainian: “Арап”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть Арап”
  • Urdu: “عرب مسجد”
  • Uzbek: “Arap masjidi”
  • Western Mari: “Арап мечеть”
  • Western Panjabi: “اراپ مسیت”
  • Western Panjabi: “عرب مسجد”

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