Şehzade Mosque
mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
Key facts
- Built
- 1548
- Architect
- Mimar Sinan
- Foundation/Institution
- Kanuni Sultan Süleyman
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Overview
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The Şehzade Mosque is an Ottoman mosque standing on a hilltop in the Fatih district of Istanbul. It lies in the Kalenderhane neighbourhood on 15 Temmuz Şehitleri Avenue, opposite the Istanbul municipality building. Suleiman the Magnificent commissioned it in memory of his son, Prince Mehmed, who died young, and the mosque takes its name from him (şehzade means prince). The architect was Mimar Sinan. The building is regarded as having marked a new direction in Ottoman architecture.
History
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Prince Mehmed, son of Suleiman the Magnificent, died in 1543 at about the age of 22. The sultan decided to honour his memory with a mosque, and Mimar Sinan carried out the work. Our records give 1548 as the year of construction.
From Wikipedia
The Şehzade Mosque (Turkish: Şehzade Camii, lit. 'Prince's Mosque') is a 16th-century Ottoman imperial mosque located in the district of Fatih, on the third hill of Istanbul, Turkey. It was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent as a memorial to his son Şehzade Mehmed who died in 1543. The mosque was one of the earliest and most important works of architect Mimar Sinan and is one of the signature works of Classical Ottoman architecture.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eehzade-Moschee
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eehzade_Mosque
Wikipedia (es): https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezquita_de_Sehzade
Wikipedia (fa): https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87_(%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84)
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_%C5%9Eehzade_Mehmet
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_%C5%9Eehzade
Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5_(%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C)
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eehzade_Camii
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%81%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%81_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF