Location
Topkapı - Unkapanı - Fındıkzade
Category
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 Sokullu Mehmet Paşa Mosque Detailed Info
None of the mosques in İstanbul are as well settled and proportional as Sokullu Mehmet Paşa Mosque. As Mimar Sinan had formerly built a smaller mosque for Sokullu Mehmet Paşa, one of the most important vezirs of the empire between 1571-1572, he reached the perfect solution for building hexagon domes. He managed to place the main dome on the rectangular with four small semi domes that the pedestal of the dome joined with the rectangle of the community area so that the area is open and spacious.
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