Selimiye Mosque

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Ottoman imperial mosque UNESCO World Heritage Site mosque tourist attraction

Selimiye Mosque is a monumental 16th-century imperial mosque in Edirne, Turkey, renowned as one of architect Mimar Sinan’s greatest masterpieces and a pinnacle of classical Ottoman architecture.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex 2
Selimiye Mosque (former Cathedral of Saint Sophia) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman imperial mosque ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
mosque ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
affiliation Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Directorate of Religious Affairs of Turkey
architect Mimar Sinan ⓘ
architecturalStyle Islamic architecture ⓘ
classical Ottoman architecture ⓘ
builder Ottoman Empire ⓘ
centuryOfConstruction 16th century ⓘ
completionDate 1575 ⓘ
constructionEnd 1574 ⓘ
constructionStart 1568 ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
domeDiameter approximately 31.3 metres ⓘ
groundbreaking 1568 ⓘ
hasComplexElement courtyard ⓘ
covered market (arasta) ⓘ
library ⓘ
madrasas ⓘ
timekeeper’s room ⓘ
hasDomeCount 1 main dome ⓘ
hasMinaretCount 4 ⓘ
heightOfMainDome approximately 43 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageDesignationBy UNESCO ⓘ
locatedIn Edirne ⓘ
Edirne ⓘ
surface form: Edirne Province

European Turkey ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ
locationCoordinates approximate latitude 41.678° N ⓘ
approximate longitude 26.559° E ⓘ
minaretHeight approximately 70.9 metres ⓘ
namedAfter Selim II ⓘ
surface form: Sultan Selim II
notableFor Iznik tile decoration ⓘ
being considered Mimar Sinan’s masterpiece ⓘ
centralized octagonal baldaquin plan ⓘ
large single dome ⓘ
pinnacle of classical Ottoman mosque design ⓘ
slender pencil minarets ⓘ
partOf Selimiye Mosque self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex
patron Selim II ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria criterion (i) ⓘ
criterion (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2011 ⓘ
usedFor congregational prayer ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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Edirne → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteContains → Selimiye Mosque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex
Edirne → contains → Selimiye Mosque ⓘ
Mimar Sinan → designed → Selimiye Mosque ⓘ
Nicosia → hasLandmark → Selimiye Mosque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selimiye Mosque (former Cathedral of Saint Sophia)
Ottoman architecture → hasNotableExample → Selimiye Mosque ⓘ
Edirne → knownFor → Selimiye Mosque ⓘ
Mimar Sinan → notableWork → Selimiye Mosque ⓘ
Selimiye Mosque → partOf → Selimiye Mosque self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex