Middle East
Turkey
Samsun Province

Great Mosque

The Great Mosque is a historic stone mosque situated in , , Turkey. The mosque was first built during the Seljuk period in the 1300s. The original structure caught fire in 1869 and was rebuilt in 1884.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in İlkadım, Samsun, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Central Great Mosque”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Samsun Saathane Square and Atatürk Kültür Merkezi.

Square
Photo: Cobija, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saathane Square is a public square in 's Ilkadim district and takes its name from the Samsun Clock Tower which is located in the center of the square.

Community center
Photo: CobiJa, CC0.
is a community center, which is situated 180 metres east of Great Mosque.

Museum
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is a museum dedicated to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in , . The museum is at in the secondary municipality of . It is situated in Mecidiye Cad. at Kale neighborhood in the city center. is situated 470 metres south of Great Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Samsun and İlkadım.

Photo: 𐰇𐱅𐰚𐰤, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, in the region of Turkey, is the largest city on the Turkish Black Sea coast. In 2021 it had a population of 710,000, with about as many more in its surrounding province.

Town
Photo: Hüseyin Öcal, CC BY 3.0.
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 155 km2, and its population is 333,518. It is located on the coast of .

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 11,214. It lies between two military areas.

Great Mosque

Latitude
41.29438° or 41° 17′ 40″ north
Longitude
36.33266° or 36° 19′ 58″ east
Open location code
8GHR78VM+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 244702425
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Wiki­data ID
Q112980277
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Uzbek—“Great Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “কেন্দ্রীয় বড় মসজিদ (সামসুন)”
  • Bengali: “কেন্দ্রীয় বড় মসজিদ”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Cami”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Camii”
  • Uzbek: “Katta masjid (Samsun)”
  • Uzbek: “Katta masjid”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Great Mosque”. Photo: Cobija, CC BY-SA 4.0.