Balaban Aga Mosque

Balaban Aga Mosque
Balaban Ağa Mescidi
The Mosque in a drawing of 1877, from A.G. Paspates' Byzantine topographical studies
Location in the Fatih district of Istanbul
General information
Type	Mosque
Architectural style	Early Byzantine
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Coordinates	41°00′40″N 28°57′30″E / 41.0110°N 28.9583°E / 41.0110; 28.9583
Construction started	Fifth or sixth century
Demolished	1930

Balaban Aga Mosque (full name in Turkish: Balaban Ağa Mescidi, where mescit is the Turkish word for a small mosque) was a mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, converted from a former Byzantine building. Its usage during the Byzantine era is unclear. The small edifice - pulled down in 1930 to open a new road - ^[1] was a minor example of architecture of the Byzantine early period in Constantinople.