Topic
Works of Mimar Sinan
The mosques, tombs and aqueducts of the Ottoman Empire's great architect, in Istanbul and Edirne.
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25 pieces on this topic
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Place · Edirne
Selimiye Mosque
Mimar Sinan's masterpiece in Edirne: a dome to rival Hagia Sophia's, the fountain under the muezzins' platform and the liver lunch of…
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Place · Istanbul
Üsküdar
Üsküdar on Istanbul's Asian shore: ancient Chrysopolis, Sinan's mosques by the ferry dock, the Salacak promenade facing the Maiden's Tower, Çamlıca Hill…
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Place · Istanbul
Valens Aqueduct
The Roman aqueduct that carried water into Constantinople across two hills: its story from Valens to Suleiman and Sinan, where to see…
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Article · Istanbul
Turkish Bath in Istanbul: How a Hammam Works
How a Turkish bath works, from the marble navel stone to the kese scrub, and the historic hammams of Istanbul built by…
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Place · Istanbul
Mağlova Aqueduct
Mimar Sinan's masterpiece of engineering: a two-level aqueduct of 1555–1562 that still carries water to Istanbul, now standing with its feet in…
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Person · Istanbul
Mimar Sinan
The village boy from Anatolia who became the Ottoman Empire's chief architect for fifty years and shaped the skyline of Istanbul.
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Place · Istanbul
Şemsi Pasha Mosque
The Şemsi Pasha Mosque in Üsküdar: one of Mimar Sinan's smallest mosques, built in 1580 at the edge of the Bosphorus, with…
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Place · Istanbul
Atik Valide Mosque
The Atik Valide Mosque in Üsküdar: a complex by Mimar Sinan for Nurbanu Sultan, built 1571 to 1586, with İznik tiles around…
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Place · Istanbul
Kılıç Ali Pasha Mosque
The Kılıç Ali Pasha Mosque in Tophane: a late work of Mimar Sinan for an Ottoman grand admiral, once on the water,…
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Place · Istanbul
Çemberlitaş Hamam
The Çemberlitaş Hamam on Divanyolu: a 1584 bath for Nurbanu Sultan, often credited to Mimar Sinan, with a twelve-columned hot room and…