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
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- Princova mešita.jpg
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- inception
- 1548-00-00
- Commons category
- Şehzade Mosque
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- Şehzade Camii
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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.
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