Yağ Camii, Medieval mosque in Old Town, Adana, Turkey
Yağ Camii is a prayer hall with a rectangular layout, with the interior divided by four rows of stone columns into five naves. The interior shows wooden ornaments, while the attached school building features arcades made of stone and timber.
The building originally arose as the Armenian Church of Surp Hagop in the 13th century. Around 1380, Ramazanoğlu Bey Şihabeddin Ahmed converted it into a Muslim prayer house and added an attached school.
The building bears the mark of Armenian craftsmen who shaped the gate and columns with yellow and black stone. In the arcade of the attached madrasah, you can still see regional woodwork today that reflects the artistic tradition.
The building sits in the Old Town on Ali Münif Caddesi and is easy to reach by several roads. Visitors should arrive by local transport or on foot, as the immediate surroundings have typical Old Town pathways.
The building kept its original Armenian features during conversion, especially at the mihrab, where church and mosque architecture exist side by side. This blend shows how cultures can coexist in the same space without replacing each other.
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