Balat Fountain
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Balat Fountain | |
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Address | Ayvansaray, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey |
Yusuf Şucaeddin Mosque Fountain or Balat Fountain (Turkish: Balat Çeşmesi) is an Ottoman period fountain in the Ayvansaray neighborhood of Istanbul's Fatih district.[1][2] After the Golden Horn coastal road works in the 1980s, it remained in the garden of Yusuf Şucaeddin Mosque. It is made of cut limestone and has a hexagonal shape. It has a large reservoir and a fountain on each of its four sides. It is covered with lead. There is a marble slab in place of the mirror stone. Only one fountain has water flowing.
See also
References
- ^ "Yusuf Şucaeddin Camii Çeşmesi". kulturenvanteri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Balat Çeşmesi". suvakfi.org.tr. Archived from the original on 30 April 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
External links
- Media related to Balat Fountain at Wikimedia Commons
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