Şehzade Mosque

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16th-century mosque Ottoman mosque historic building imperial mosque

Şehzade Mosque is a 16th-century imperial mosque in Istanbul, renowned as one of the earliest and most harmonious masterpieces of the famed Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Şehzade Camii 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 16th-century mosque ⓘ
Ottoman mosque ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
imperial mosque ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Prince’s Mosque ⓘ
Şehzade Mosque ⓘ
surface form: Şehzade Camii
architect Mimar Sinan ⓘ
architecturalStyle Ottoman architecture ⓘ
surface form: Classical Ottoman architecture

Islamic architecture ⓘ
builtFor Şehzade Mehmed ⓘ
centuryOfConstruction 16th century ⓘ
city Istanbul ⓘ
commissionedBy Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
completionDate 1548 ⓘ
constructionEnd 1548 ⓘ
constructionStart 1543 ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
district Fatih, Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: Fatih
domes 1 main dome ⓘ
governingBody Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ
hasPart caravanserai ⓘ
courtyard ⓘ
fountain for ablutions ⓘ
imaret ⓘ
madrasa ⓘ
prayer hall ⓘ
türbe of Grand Vizier İbrahim Pasha ⓘ
türbe of Rüstem Pasha ⓘ
türbe of Şehzade Mehmed ⓘ
heritageStatus part of Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ
languageOfName Turkish ⓘ
locatedIn Istanbul ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
locatedNear Valens Aqueduct ⓘ
locatedOn Fatih, Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: third hill of Istanbul

Şehzadebaşı Caddesi ⓘ
material marble ⓘ
stone ⓘ
minaretFeatures 2 balconies on each minaret ⓘ
minarets 4 minarets ⓘ
namedAfter Şehzade Mehmed ⓘ
nativeName Şehzade Mosque self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Şehzade Camii
notableFor balanced four-semi-dome composition ⓘ
early major work of Mimar Sinan ⓘ
harmonious proportions ⓘ
patron Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
planType square prayer hall with central dome ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
semiDomes 4 semi-domes ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1985 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Şehzade Mosque → alsoKnownAs → Şehzade Mosque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Şehzade Camii
Mimar Sinan → designed → Şehzade Mosque ⓘ
Ottoman architecture → hasNotableExample → Şehzade Mosque ⓘ
Şehzade Mosque → nativeName → Şehzade Mosque self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Şehzade Camii
Mimar Sinan → notableWork → Şehzade Mosque ⓘ