Nasrullah Mosque ( tr, Nasrullah Cami) is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque in

Kastamonu Kastamonu is the capital district of the Kastamonu Province, Turkey. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 102,059 of which 64,606 live in the urban center of Kastamonu. (Population of the urban center in 2010 is 91,012.) The ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

. It is located in Kastamonu just west of the

Kastamonu Governor's Office The Kastamonu Governor's Office ( tr, Kastamonu Hükümet Konağı) is the main service building of the governor ( vali) of Kastamonu Province, Turkey. The historic building hosts also a city history museum. It is situated on 10 Aralık Cad. 20/1 ...

and Gök River. The

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

was commissioned by Kadı Nasrullah, a judge of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

. It was built in 1506, during the reign of Sultan

Bayazid II Bayezid II ( ota, بايزيد ثانى, Bāyezīd-i s̱ānī, 3 December 1447 – 26 May 1512, Turkish: ''II. Bayezid'') was the eldest son and successor of Mehmed II, ruling as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. During his reign, B ...

. The building underwent restorations in 1746, 1845 and 1945. The mosque has nine domes over six square columns each with the dimensions of . The

narthex The narthex is an architectural element typical of early Christian and Byzantine basilicas and churches consisting of the entrance or lobby area, located at the west end of the nave, opposite the church's main altar. Traditionally the narthex ...

( tr, son cemaat yeri) has seven domes over ten columns. The pretentious public fountain ( tr, şadırvan) of the mosque is in the courtyard to the north of the mosque. The mosque has two minarets.

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