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Suleyman Mosque
Istanbul,
Turkey, 1551 to 1558.
Style:
Ottoman Islamic
“Suleyman
the magnificent ordered a mosque appropriate to his title to be
built by the architect Sinan, whereupon the present mosque was
begun on one of the hills dominating the Golden Horn.”
“The
mosque, and its attendant structures, madrasa, arms—houses,
infirmaries, caravanserais, a medical school, hamams, schools of
Tradition, a hospital, cells and shops were begun in 1550 by the
architect Sinan and completed in 1557.”
—Ilhan
Aksit. Treasures of Istanbul. P. 164.
“Here
Sinan demonstrated his transformation of the Hagia Sophia plan from
which he had drawn his inspiration: his dome is buttressed by two
half-domes and two typanum walls.”
“Sinan’s
solution of putting four minarets at the corners of his arcaded
courtyard (inspired by the atrium) sets up a counterpoint between a
solid volume on the mosque side and a ‘negative’ space on the
courtyard side.”
—Henri
Stierlin. Comprende l'Architecture Universelle 2. Pp. 378-9.
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