Süleymaniye Mosque

Architecture · 1550–1557 · Istanbul · Middle East

Suleiman's complex with madrasas, hospital and soup kitchen, crowning Istanbul's skyline

Author: Mimar Sinan
Style: Classical Ottoman Architecture (Sinan) — An answer to Hagia Sophia: a central dome on cascading half-domes and pencil-thin minarets
Century: 16th century

Made around the same time (±30 years)

1555–1561 Saint Basil's Cathedral — Barma and Postnik · Tented Churches · Moscow, Red Square
1557–1566 Stari Most — Mimar Hayruddin · Classical Ottoman Architecture (Sinan) · Mostar
c. 1562 Pope Marcellus Mass — Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina · Italian Renaissance · Rome
1565 The Hunters in the Snow — Pieter Bruegel the Elder · Northern Renaissance · Brussels
c. 1565–1572 Humayun's Tomb — Mirak Mirza Ghiyas · Mughal Art · Delhi
1534–1540 Madonna with the Long Neck — Parmigianino · Mannerism · Parma
1533 The Ambassadors — Hans Holbein the Younger · Northern Renaissance · London
1568–1575 Selimiye Mosque — Mimar Sinan · Classical Ottoman Architecture (Sinan) · Edirne