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Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul - Turkey Suleymaniye Mosque is the largest urban complexes in Istanbul after Al Fateh complex, where has a large patio has 11 doors connects you to the complex composed of the cemetery and four schools, a hospital, a hotel, a minaret, shops and bathrooms and Koranic school in addition to the tomb of Sinan Pasha, a Ottoman architect who built this mosque and in the middle of the complex, Suleymaniye Mosque is located. Al-Suleymaniye Mosque was built by order of Sultan Suleiman I (Suleiman Al Kanouni), was estimated the number of architects, engineers and technicians who participated in building the mosque by the thousands, the built took eight years, where the building process began in 1550 and was completed in 1558. Suleymaniye Mosque Can accommodate almost five thousand worshipers.
location: Suleymaniye Mosque located in a wonderful place in Istanbul was built on a high hill overlooking the Bosphorus and Golden Horn and now neighbored by Istanbul University in Beyazit district.
Features of Suleymaniye Mosque : The form of the Mosque close to the rectangle and It features simple Decoration Unlike other Ottoman mosques, He used Turkish polished tiles with designs composed of seven colors and floral variety. When you enter into an arena of Suleymaniye Mosque is noted at the top of the entrances of the inscriptions that tell the history of the founding of the mosque and can be seen two major pillars for the front door with a beautiful marble interface. Square Mosque has rectangular shape also with a floor of marble slabs and in the middle of the square can be seen ablutions fountain The arena is surrounded by three lanes of three entrances topped by domes based on large pillars connected by small brackets. Three entrances leading to the prayer hall where notes the main dome of the mosque in the center of this room, lifted by four columns. The dome is surrounded by six medium-sized domes in addition to a small domes over every corner of the mosque.
We find in the prayer hall the mihrab and tribune, Where the mihrab was made of ornate marble and the tribune is made of carved wood. Mosque has four minarets rising on the corners of the internal arena. Suleymaniye Mosque Includes tomb of Sultan Suleiman and his family and this shrine is one of the most beautiful shrines in the Ottoman.
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