Abbas Ağa Çeşmesi, Ahmediye

Monument· Üsküdar, İstanbul

Abbas Ağa Çeşmesi, Ahmediye

StyleOttoman architecture

Abbas Ağa Çeşmesi, Ahmediye is a monument in Üsküdar, İstanbul; This fountain at the entrance of Necmeddin Okyay Street in Üsküdar was commissioned in 1670 by Abbas Ağa, chief eunuch of the imperial harem.

Abbas Ağa Çeşmesi, Ahmediye
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This fountain at the entrance of Necmeddin Okyay Street in Üsküdar was commissioned in 1670 by Abbas Ağa, chief eunuch of the imperial harem. Also known as the Ağalar Başı Fountain, it is Ottoman architecture at street scale, a courtier's charitable work that has carried his name into the neighbourhood for centuries.

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