Location
Topkapı - Unkapanı - Fındıkzade
Category
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 Mihrimah Mosque Detailed Info
Mimar Sinan built this extremely beautiful mosque on the highest point of the city for Mihrimah Sultan, the dayghter of Süleyman the the Magnificent in 1560. The mosque is one of the dazzling late-period masterpieces of the master. The significant form of the construction is lively and original: A cube, a 37m high dome on it, and a thin and long minaret next to it. The light passing through the curves of the walls with three rows of windows enlighten the area and increase feeling of relief.
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