Great Mosque of Kastamonu

Kastamonu Ulu Camii (also known as Atabeygazi Camii or as the Forty-Column Mosque because of its 40 interior columns) is a mosque located in the district of Kastamonu, Turkey. It was commissioned by Atabey Muzaffereddin Yavlak Aslan Bey in the second half of the 13th century, in the year 1273. Adjacent to the mosque, there is a tomb that is thought to belong to its founder.

Key facts

Type: mosque
Located in: Black Sea Region

Facts from Wikidata.

Coordinates: 41.375667, 33.771194Open in Google Maps

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Sources

The text on this page is translated from: Kastamonu Ulu Camii (tr.wikipedia.org), as of 13 December 2025

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