Zinzirli Mosque is a medium-sized mosque with a central square space, which is surrounded on three sides — the eastern, northern and western sides — by a two-storey colonnaded gallery. On the southern side, the rectangular space of the mihrab projects outward. The central area is covered by a dome, while the ground floor and the upper level of the galleries are covered with boat-shaped vaults. In the southwestern corner, the marble minbar is preserved, one of the best-preserved examples of its kind in Greece. On the northern side, where the entrance is located, there is a colonnaded portico covered by a low dome in the central bay and by boat-shaped vaults in the two bays on either side. The gallery is built with finely carved limestone blocks in an isodomic masonry system, while the main body of the mosque is constructed using a carefully executed cloisonné masonry technique, in which carved or rough stones are surrounded by bricks. From an architectural and morphological point of view, Zinzirli Mosque belongs to the group of buildings from the late 16th century that survive in Constantinople and are considered works of the school of Sinan, the great architect of the classical period of Ottoman architecture.

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