The Chapel of the Knights in Bodrum Castle converted to a mosque after final capture by the Turks with its soaring minaret
When the former crusader knights of St John Hospitallers were defeated by the Ottoman Turks and Bodrum castle was taken, the Chapel of the Knights was sympathetically converted into a mosque with a minaret without destroying the original Christian interior.
Size: 3550px × 4733px
Location: Bodrum, Mugla province, Anatolia, Turkey
Photo credit: © David Kilpatrick / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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