The Selimiye Mosque is an Ottoman imperial mosque, located in the city of Edirne, Turkey. It was commissioned by Sultan Selim II and was built by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan between 1568 and 1575. It was considered by Sinan to be his masterpiece and is one of the highest achievements of Islamic architecture as a whole and Ottoman architecture in particular.
Selimiye Mosque, Edirne
Courtyard of the mosque
The central (northwestern) entrance portal to the courtyard
The shadirvan (fountain) of the courtyard
Edirne, historically known as Adrianople is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated 7 km (4.3 mi) from the Greek and 20 km (12 mi) from the Bulgarian borders, Edirne was the second capital city of the Ottoman Empire from 1369 to 1453, before Constantinople became its capital.
Image: Selimiye Mosque and The Statue of Architect Sinan panoramio
Image: Meriç Köprüsü Edirne (7527370074)
Image: Nagymecset Edirne, 2014.10.22 (1)
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