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Süleymaniye Mosque: Outer public courtyard of the külliye

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posted on 2017-07-05, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
Widely recognized as one of the premier monuments of Ottoman architecture, the mosque was built above the Golden Horn on a hilltop site. In 1557 Sinan completed an immense külliye on 15 acres (over 7 ha, 250 x 350 m) of the grounds of the old palace in the centre of Istanbul for Süleyman (reigned 1520-1566). In addition to the congregational mosque and its two mausolea, the main buildings include four madrasas, a preparatory school, a medical college, a school for Hadith, a hospital, a caravanserai, a public kitchen and a bath. Rows of small shops and coffee-houses were set in the undercrofts and vaults, and there were stables and a park for caravans. No other complex of this magnitude (it had more than 525 cupolas) was ever built again.

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1910-01-01

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2017-07-05

Spatial Coverage

Istanbul|Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey|+41.016111+28.963889

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

Ottoman (style)

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To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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