Ayakapı

Ayakapı
Ayakapı: The Mosque of Gül

Ayakapı (Turkish: "The Gate of the Saint") is a neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey. It is part of the district of Fatih, inside the walled city, and lies on the shore of the Golden Horn. During the Byzantine era, it was named ta Dexiokratiana or ta Dexiokratous in Greek, after the houses owned here by a certain Dexiokrates. Its modern name comes from a church dedicated to Saint Theodosia which, according to Petrus Gillius, stood near the gate. In Ayakapı lies one of the most important surviving Byzantine buildings of the historical peninsula, the Gül Mosque.

References

  • Janin, Raymond (1950). Constantinople Byzantine. Paris: Institut français d'etudes byzantines. 


Coordinates: 41°01′36.00″N 28°57′23.40″E / 41.02667°N 28.9565°E / 41.02667; 28.9565


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