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Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque is a former Byzantine church in Istanbul, Turkey, converted into a mosque between 1486 and 1491 by Koca Mustafa Pasha. Originally dedicated to Saint Andrew of Crete, its foundation dates back to the 6th century.
The building was first constructed in the 5th century as a monastery and later rebuilt in 1284 by Princess Theodora Raoulaina. After the Ottoman conquest, it was converted into a mosque and also served as a dervish lodge. Over the centuries, it underwent multiple restorations, including a dome reconstruction after the 1766 earthquake.
The mosque retains elements of its original Byzantine ambulatory design but was significantly altered during the Ottoman period. It features a central dome, half-domes, barrel vaults, and an outer narthex. The exterior, made of polished stone, reflects Ottoman architectural style. An underground cistern remains as the last remnant of the original Byzantine monastery.
References:The Pilgrimage Church of Wies (Wieskirche) is an oval rococo church, designed in the late 1740s by Dominikus Zimmermann. It is located in the foothills of the Alps in the municipality of Steingaden.
The sanctuary of Wies is a pilgrimage church extraordinarily well-preserved in the beautiful setting of an Alpine valley, and is a perfect masterpiece of Rococo art and creative genius, as well as an exceptional testimony to a civilization that has disappeared.
The hamlet of Wies, in 1738, is said to have been the setting of a miracle in which tears were seen on a simple wooden figure of Christ mounted on a column that was no longer venerated by the Premonstratensian monks of the Abbey. A wooden chapel constructed in the fields housed the miraculous statue for some time. However, pilgrims from Germany, Austria, Bohemia, and even Italy became so numerous that the Abbot of the Premonstratensians of Steingaden decided to construct a splendid sanctuary.