Selimiye Mosque in Edirne
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The Selimiye Mosque in Edirne is a 16th-century Ottoman imperial mosque designed by Mimar Sinan, renowned for its soaring dome, elegant minarets, and status as a masterpiece of Islamic and world architecture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Selimiye Mosque in Edirne canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5242150 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Selimiye Mosque in Edirne Context triple: [Üç Şerefeli Mosque, followedBy, Selimiye Mosque in Edirne]
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Old Mosque of Edirne
The Old Mosque of Edirne is an early 15th-century Ottoman imperial mosque in Edirne, Turkey, renowned for its multiple domes and large calligraphic wall inscriptions.
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B.
Ulu Cami (Great Mosque of Bursa)
Ulu Cami (Great Mosque of Bursa) is a landmark early Ottoman congregational mosque in Bursa, Turkey, renowned for its multiple domes, extensive calligraphic decoration, and historical significance as a major center of Islamic worship.
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C.
Karamanli Mosque
Karamanli Mosque is a historic Ottoman-era mosque in Tripoli, Libya, notable for its distinctive architecture and association with the Karamanli dynasty.
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D.
Alâeddin Mosque (Konya)
Alâeddin Mosque (Konya) is a prominent 12th–13th century congregational mosque in Konya, Turkey, renowned as one of the oldest and most important surviving monuments of Seljuk Islamic architecture.
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E.
Muradiye Mosque
Muradiye Mosque is an early Ottoman imperial mosque in Bursa, Turkey, notable for its elegant architecture and role as the central prayer space within the Muradiye Complex of royal tombs and religious buildings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Selimiye Mosque in Edirne Target entity description: The Selimiye Mosque in Edirne is a 16th-century Ottoman imperial mosque designed by Mimar Sinan, renowned for its soaring dome, elegant minarets, and status as a masterpiece of Islamic and world architecture.
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A.
Old Mosque of Edirne
The Old Mosque of Edirne is an early 15th-century Ottoman imperial mosque in Edirne, Turkey, renowned for its multiple domes and large calligraphic wall inscriptions.
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B.
Ulu Cami (Great Mosque of Bursa)
Ulu Cami (Great Mosque of Bursa) is a landmark early Ottoman congregational mosque in Bursa, Turkey, renowned for its multiple domes, extensive calligraphic decoration, and historical significance as a major center of Islamic worship.
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C.
Karamanli Mosque
Karamanli Mosque is a historic Ottoman-era mosque in Tripoli, Libya, notable for its distinctive architecture and association with the Karamanli dynasty.
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D.
Alâeddin Mosque (Konya)
Alâeddin Mosque (Konya) is a prominent 12th–13th century congregational mosque in Konya, Turkey, renowned as one of the oldest and most important surviving monuments of Seljuk Islamic architecture.
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E.
Muradiye Mosque
Muradiye Mosque is an early Ottoman imperial mosque in Bursa, Turkey, notable for its elegant architecture and role as the central prayer space within the Muradiye Complex of royal tombs and religious buildings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ottoman imperial mosque
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UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ mosque ⓘ |
| architect | Mimar Sinan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Islamic architecture
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Ottoman architecture ⓘ |
| builder | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfConstruction | 16th century ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1575 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1568 ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| domeDiameter | approximately 31.3 metres ⓘ |
| domeHeight | approximately 43 metres ⓘ |
| function |
place of worship
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tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasComplex | külliye (social and educational complex) ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Iznik tile decoration
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centralized single-dome plan ⓘ courtyard with arcades ⓘ covered market (arasta) ⓘ elegant interior calligraphy ⓘ large central prayer hall ⓘ madrasa complex ⓘ marble mihrab ⓘ minbar of carved marble ⓘ muqarnas squinches ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Tentative World Heritage Site before 2011
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UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eastern Thrace
NERFINISHED
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Edirne NERFINISHED ⓘ Edirne Province NERFINISHED ⓘ European Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| minaretDescription | slender minarets with three balconies each ⓘ |
| minaretHeight | approximately 70.9 metres ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sultan Selim II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
elegant minarets
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harmonious proportions ⓘ influence on later mosque architecture ⓘ soaring dome ⓘ |
| numberOfMinarets | 4 ⓘ |
| patron | Selim II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| significance |
considered Mimar Sinan’s masterpiece
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landmark of classical Ottoman architecture ⓘ major symbol of Edirne ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
criterion (i)
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criterion (iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName | Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus | inscribed ⓘ |
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Subject: Selimiye Mosque in Edirne Description of subject: The Selimiye Mosque in Edirne is a 16th-century Ottoman imperial mosque designed by Mimar Sinan, renowned for its soaring dome, elegant minarets, and status as a masterpiece of Islamic and world architecture.
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