Süleymaniye Mosque

Name: Süleymaniye Mosque
Start: 1550
End: 1557
Location: Constantinople

1550–1557 · Constantinople · Middle East · Culture

Sinan's masterpiece crowns the Ottoman golden age

Süleymaniye Mosque — Hunanuk · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Architect Mimar Sinan built this mosque complex, with schools, a hospital and baths, for Suleiman the Magnificent. It became a symbol of the golden age of the Ottoman Empire, then at the height of its power.

State: Ottoman Empire

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