Key facts
- Affiliation
- Sunni Islam
- Location
- Istanbul , Turkey
- Architect
- Mimar Sinan
- Type
- Mosque
- Style
- Classical Ottoman
- Dome height outer
- 37 meters (121 ft)
- Dome dia inner
- 19 meters (62 ft)
- Minaret height
- 55 meters (180 ft)
- Materials
- cut stone , granite , marble
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- congregational mosque
- Named after
- Şehzade Mehmed
- Religion
- Islam
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Fatih
- Material used
- dimension stone
- Location
- Fatih
- Image
- Princova mešita.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- inception
- 1548-00-00
- Commons category
- Şehzade Mosque
- architect
- Mimar Sinan
- commissioned by
- Suleiman the Magnificent
- architectural style
- Ottoman architecture
- Commons gallery
- Şehzade Camii
- located in/on physical feature
- Marmara Region
via Wikidata · CC0
~12 min read
Encyclopedic overview
The Şehzade Mosque (Turkish: Şehzade Camii, lit. 'Prince's Mosque') is a 16th-century Ottoman imperial mosque located in the district of Fatih, on the third hill of Istanbul, Turkey. It was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent as a memorial to his son Şehzade Mehmed who died in 1543. The mosque was one of the earliest and most important works of architect Mimar Sinan and is one of the signature works of Classical Ottoman architecture.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Şehzade Mosque” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.