3D print the Kalenderhane Mosque
A free, printable model of the Kalenderhane Mosque and the surrounding streets and buildings of Vefa, Istanbul, generated from real map data in your browser.
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The model you print
Kalenderhane Mosque in 3D
The landmark on its own, at its size on a 160 mm print. Print friendly thickens thin parts for a 0.4 mm nozzle; Full detail keeps every part.
- On a 160 mm print
- 9 mm
- Scale
- 1:3,750
9 mm tall on a 160 mm print
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
- Dome and upper parts
A domed mosque can have delicate upper parts. Print friendly adapts thin parts to the print scale; a larger print or Full detail keeps more of them.
- One piece with the ground
The Kalenderhane Mosque is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The Kalenderhane Mosque takes the building color.
- File format
You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About the Kalenderhane Mosque
Kalenderhane Mosque in Istanbul began as an Eastern Orthodox church, which Ottoman rule turned into a mosque. It lies in the Fatih district, in Vefa, just south of the easternmost surviving stretch of the aqueduct of Valens. The church was very probably first dedicated to the Theotokos Kyriotissa. Few Byzantine churches with a domed Greek cross plan survive, and this is one of them.
The site has layers of history. A Roman bath was the earliest building, followed by a hall church from the sixth century and, possibly in the seventh century, a considerably bigger church to its south. The third church belongs to the late twelfth century. Following the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, Mehmed II assigned the building to the Dervish Kalenderi sect, and since then it has been called Kalenderhane. In 1746 a mihrab, minbar and mahfil were added, completing its conversion to a mosque.
The plan is a central Greek cross, with deep barrel vaults above its arms and a dome with 16 ribs. The brickwork is typical of the middle Byzantine period, with courses of brick alternating with stone. Inside, colored marble panels, moldings and elaborate icon frames survive to a large degree. A thirteenth-century cycle of frescoes from a chapel depicts Saint Francis of Assisi's life; it is the oldest known depiction of him.
About this model
The Kalenderhane Mosque is one of more than 5,500 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Each model is written as code from public descriptions, plans, photographs and aerial views used only as references; no image or third-party model is copied into it. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. Rights in the building itself, its name and any brands on it are not granted by Mini Skyline; clear them separately before you sell prints. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
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