Sehzade Mosque and Külliye 1543 - 1548 - History of Islamic Architecture (sitios de interés)

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Istanbul
Sehzade Mosque and Külliye 1543 - 1548
Architect: Mimar Sinan

At the age of 54, Sinan, the Great and already famed architect, considered himself an "apprentice" when he built the Sehzade Mosque, because it was here that he encountered the problem posed by the half-dome, though he came up with a very elegant solution using four half-domes.

Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent commissioned the mosque in memory of his beloved son, Prince Mehmet. The Sehzade Külliye, which was completed before the mosque itself, was made up of the Tomb of Sehzade Mehmed, a theology school, a soup kitchen and a printing house. (


Old etching of the Sehzade Mosque. From Caltech.edu

Image and text adapted from Evliya, GE-BBS

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