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The Selimiye Mosque (Turkish: Selimiye Camii) is an Ottoman imperial mosque, located in the city of Edirne (formerly Adrianople), Turkey.It was commissioned by Sultan Selim II and was built by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan between 1568 and 1575. [1]
The mosque is located in the historical center of the city, near the market and close to other prominent historical mosques, Selimiye Mosque and Üç Şerefeli Mosque. The mosque is covered by 9 domes supported on four columns. The mosque had originally a single minaret, the taller one was later built by Murat II. The mosque without a courtyard ...
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[2] [3] [4] It is located in the historical center of the city, close to the Selimiye Mosque and Old Mosque. The name refers to unusual minaret with three balconies (Turkish: üç şerefeli). [5] It was originally called the New Mosque (Yeni Cami) to distinguish it from the city's Old Mosque (Eski Cami) nearby. [6] The architect of the mosque ...
The mosque is situated in the Kirişhane quarter on the north bank of the Tunca River to the south of the city of Edirne. [3] A masonry staircase with 14 steps was built to enable access to the mosque from the river, but this now has only two steps remaining. Constructed in ashlar, the building with square plan has one dome and one minaret.
The Muradiye Mosque (Turkish: Muradiye Camii) is a 15th-century Ottoman mosque in Edirne, Turkey. The building is noted for the tiles that decorate the mihrab and the walls of the prayer hall. Construction and architecture
The Selimiye Mosque (Turkish: (Büyük) Selimiye Camii, lit. '(Great) Mosque of Selim') is a mosque in the district of Üsküdar in Istanbul , Turkey , near the Selimiye Barracks . It was commissioned by Ottoman Sultan Selim III (reigned 1789–1807) and built between 1801 and 1805.
[21] [22] The projecting apse which contains the mihrab is also comparable to the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne. [21] The complex has two minarets, each with two balconies. The courtyard of the mosque is designed in the shape of a horseshoe, unprecedented in Ottoman mosques. [8] Interior of the prayer hall.