This mosque in the İslampasa quarter of Rize stands in a wide burial ground and goes by two names, the İslam Paşa mosque and the Kurşunlu mosque. It was built in 1571 by İskender Cafer Paşa.
It is rectangular in plan, built of rubble stone, and its dome has 24 windows.
Getting there
- Access
- In the İslampaşa neighbourhood of central Rize.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Rize as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 6.8 °C in February to 23.3 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in October (294 mm) and lightest in May (97 mm). Long-term means for 1927-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
