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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 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.
Sinan's crowning masterpiece is the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, which was begun in 1568 and completed in 1574 (or possibly 1575). [116] [117] It forms the major element of another imperial complex of buildings. The mosque building consists of two equal parts: a rectangular courtyard and a rectangular prayer hall.
Selimiye Mosque (Greek: Τέμενος Σελιμιγιέ Témenos Selimigié; Turkish: Selimiye Camii), historically known as Cathedral of Saint Sophia or Ayasofya Mosque (Turkish: Ayasofya Camii), is a former Christian cathedral converted into a mosque, located in North Nicosia. It has historically been the main mosque on the island of Cyprus ...
The city’s main landmark is the 16th-century Selimiye Mosque, an impressive Unesco-listed structure that has become a symbol of Edirne. Other mosques, such as Muradiye, Old Mosque and the Sultan ...
Selimiye Mosque, Nicosia, Cyprus; Selimie Mosque, Albania This page was last edited on 12 January 2024, at 09:52 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...