As the empire started to grow, the emperor had found an immediate urge to centralize the city. However, numerous mosques boast higher minarets, including Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco (210 metres), Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque in Shah Alam, Malaysia (142.3 metres) or Putra Mosque in Putrajaya, Malaysia (116 metres). He was only 51 at the moment of his death and supposedly fell over in the bath with fatal results. The reason for this choice was simple - Sinan was more familiar with the geological conditions of Sari Tepe as he had built a water cistern there, 50 years before. Selim II mosque on the other hand was built under the instruction of Sultan Selim II. Orban, an iron founder Transylvania, managed to build the giant size gun within three months at Adrianople (now Edirne), from which it was dragged by sixty oxen to Constantinople.In the immediate vicinity of the mosque, to its south-west, there is an archaeological site known as Yemiş Kapanı Hanı where the ruins of an Ottoman caravanserai have recently been excavated. Sinan believed that building a single dome would be the only resolution to achieve this. History. In the earliest such complexes, buildings were haphazardly erected near each other, without any general plan.
Tradition/Change.
In the 1930s, the mosque was damaged by several storms. It was visible from every corner of the city. In 1584, Sinan conducted minor repairs after the mosque was damaged by lightning. Building a large mosque complex there offered the Sultan an opportunity to use monumental architecture to impress the visitors with the greatness of the Ottoman Empire. They are believed to symbolise the landlord of the tulip garden on which the mosque was built. Sinan planned the Selimiye Complex to fit the cityscape of Edirne, as the mosque was erected in proximity to two other mosques - Old Mosque and Üç Şerefeli Mosque. The octagonal shape of the dome's support most probably resulted from the influence of the tomb of Öljeitü in Soltaniyeh (now in Iran) that Sinan had visited during the Baghdad campaign of Sultan Suleyman. Although there was a higher and more spectacular hill, called Kiyak Tepe, he selected Sari Tepe that occupies a dominant position over the Edirne Plain.
den Thron bestiegen hatte, hielt er sich in den Anfangsjahren seiner Regentschaft viel in der alten Hauptstadt Adrianopel (heute Edirne) auf. Because of this solution, there is an element of surprise and rediscovery of the mosque scale and grandiose as one enters its courtyard. The entrance to the mosque is free of charge. Sultan Selim II who commissioned the mosque, died one year before its construction was finished. The mosque is decorated with brick arches and domes covered with sheets of lead. The upside down tulips, which are a symbol of Edirne, have their origin in a tulip illustration engraved on a marble in the fountain right under the central dome of Selimiye. The works conducted in the years 2004-2008 focused mainly on the exchange of the minarets' roofs. The mosque had been commissioned in 1558 by Selim II while he was still a şehzade (prince). To enter, it was to forget the power, determination, wealth and technical mastery of the Ottoman Empire. Four minarets of the equal height emphasised this effect. The mosque is decorated with four minarets, each 71 meters high and each equipped with three balconies. Although the mosque was constructed while Mimar Sinan held the post of chief architect, the building is not listed in any of his autobiographies.
The structure is based on eight huge ribbed piers supporting the massive dome. His love of Edirne, the palace on the Tunca River, and extensive hunting grounds were the reasons why he selected this city rather than Constantinople, as the site of his imperial mosque. Naturally, he was reluctant to give over his beautiful garden. Ottoman period tombstones and a museum near the mosque. Lights were seeped through multitude of tiny windows, and the interchanging of the weak light and dark was interpreted as the insignificance of humanity. It was believed that the circular architecture was to affirm the oneness in humanity and called out the simple ideology of circle of life. It is covered with a dome with a diameter of 31.3 meters. Geschichte. The Selimiye Mosque (Turkish: Selimiye Camii) is an Ottoman imperial mosque, which is located in the city of Edirne (formerly Adrianople), Turkey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Adding a hospital, a soup kitchen, a hotel or a bath to this set was a uniquely Ottoman tradition. The mosques that had been built earlier were limited by a segmented interior.
At the same time, a roof was built over the fountain in the courtyard, but it no longer exists. Its niche is decorated with ceramic tiles from İznik. The main prayer room is on a rectangular plan with the dimensions 60 meters to 44 meters. The dome and interior walls are decorated with calligraphy and geometrical designs, most of which are painted in hues of pink and blue. Posted by Gibby's AP Art History at 6:35 PM. While conventional mosques were limited by a segmented interior, Sinan's effort at Edirne was a structure that made it possible to see the Selimiye Mosque was built at the peak of Ottoman military and cultural power. He also enjoyed hunting on the outskirts of the city. He lived to the ripe age of 98, extremally content with the result of his work in Edirne.
Tradition/Change.
In the 1930s, the mosque was damaged by several storms. It was visible from every corner of the city. In 1584, Sinan conducted minor repairs after the mosque was damaged by lightning. Building a large mosque complex there offered the Sultan an opportunity to use monumental architecture to impress the visitors with the greatness of the Ottoman Empire. They are believed to symbolise the landlord of the tulip garden on which the mosque was built. Sinan planned the Selimiye Complex to fit the cityscape of Edirne, as the mosque was erected in proximity to two other mosques - Old Mosque and Üç Şerefeli Mosque. The octagonal shape of the dome's support most probably resulted from the influence of the tomb of Öljeitü in Soltaniyeh (now in Iran) that Sinan had visited during the Baghdad campaign of Sultan Suleyman. Although there was a higher and more spectacular hill, called Kiyak Tepe, he selected Sari Tepe that occupies a dominant position over the Edirne Plain.
den Thron bestiegen hatte, hielt er sich in den Anfangsjahren seiner Regentschaft viel in der alten Hauptstadt Adrianopel (heute Edirne) auf. Because of this solution, there is an element of surprise and rediscovery of the mosque scale and grandiose as one enters its courtyard. The entrance to the mosque is free of charge. Sultan Selim II who commissioned the mosque, died one year before its construction was finished. The mosque is decorated with brick arches and domes covered with sheets of lead. The upside down tulips, which are a symbol of Edirne, have their origin in a tulip illustration engraved on a marble in the fountain right under the central dome of Selimiye. The works conducted in the years 2004-2008 focused mainly on the exchange of the minarets' roofs. The mosque had been commissioned in 1558 by Selim II while he was still a şehzade (prince). To enter, it was to forget the power, determination, wealth and technical mastery of the Ottoman Empire. Four minarets of the equal height emphasised this effect. The mosque is decorated with four minarets, each 71 meters high and each equipped with three balconies. Although the mosque was constructed while Mimar Sinan held the post of chief architect, the building is not listed in any of his autobiographies.
The structure is based on eight huge ribbed piers supporting the massive dome. His love of Edirne, the palace on the Tunca River, and extensive hunting grounds were the reasons why he selected this city rather than Constantinople, as the site of his imperial mosque. Naturally, he was reluctant to give over his beautiful garden. Ottoman period tombstones and a museum near the mosque. Lights were seeped through multitude of tiny windows, and the interchanging of the weak light and dark was interpreted as the insignificance of humanity. It was believed that the circular architecture was to affirm the oneness in humanity and called out the simple ideology of circle of life. It is covered with a dome with a diameter of 31.3 meters. Geschichte. The Selimiye Mosque (Turkish: Selimiye Camii) is an Ottoman imperial mosque, which is located in the city of Edirne (formerly Adrianople), Turkey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Adding a hospital, a soup kitchen, a hotel or a bath to this set was a uniquely Ottoman tradition. The mosques that had been built earlier were limited by a segmented interior.
At the same time, a roof was built over the fountain in the courtyard, but it no longer exists. Its niche is decorated with ceramic tiles from İznik. The main prayer room is on a rectangular plan with the dimensions 60 meters to 44 meters. The dome and interior walls are decorated with calligraphy and geometrical designs, most of which are painted in hues of pink and blue. Posted by Gibby's AP Art History at 6:35 PM. While conventional mosques were limited by a segmented interior, Sinan's effort at Edirne was a structure that made it possible to see the Selimiye Mosque was built at the peak of Ottoman military and cultural power. He also enjoyed hunting on the outskirts of the city. He lived to the ripe age of 98, extremally content with the result of his work in Edirne.