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SULEYMANİYE
MOSQUE
AND
SOCIAL
COMPLEX
This
building
is
a
social
complex
constructed
by
Mimar
Sinan
(Sinan
the
Architect)
on
the
order
of
Suleiman
the
Magnificent
(1550-1557).
The
Süleymaniye
Mosque
is
at
the
center
of
the
social
complex
constructed
on
a
high
hill
facing
Bosphorus
and
the
Golden
Horn.
The
social
complex
includes
a
mosque,
dâruttıb
(medical
school),
madrasas,
dârulkurrâ
(Quran
recitation
school),
elementary
school,
Turkish
bath,
imaret
(public
soup
kitchen),
bîmârhâne
(asylum),
bazaar,
tombs
of
Suleiman
the
Magnificent
and
Hurrem
Sultan.
Ebussu'ûd
Efendi,
a
prominent
Ottoman
scholar,
laid
the
first
stone
of
the
foundation.
This
social
complex,
which
Mimar
Sinan
described
as
his
semiskilled
work,
was
completed
in
a
very
short
time,
which
was
a
great
success
in
that
era.
The
mosque
was
opened
to
worship
on
August
16th,
1557
by
Mimar
Sinan
with
a
ceremony
participated
by
Suleiman
the
Magnificent
and
all
of
the
high
dignitaries.
The
Suleymaniye
Mosque:
This
building
has
a
central
location
in
Istanbul.
The
harim
is
rectangular
with
its
yard
and
its
dimensions
are
68x63m.
The
flat
pendentive
dome,
whose
diameter
is
26,50m
and
height
is
53m,
rests
on
four
arches
and
has
thirty
two
round-arched
windows
on
its
pedestals.
One
of
the
columns
was
brought
from
Topkapı
Palace,
another
one
from
Kıztaşı,
another
one
from
Alexandria
and
another
one
from
Baalbek.
Two
semi-domes
are
placed
over
the
mihrab
and
the
entrance
portal.
Flanking
the
portal
on
both
sides
are
three
rows
of
lancet
galleries,
each
stands
on
two
marble
columns
with
muqarnas
capitals.
The
mosque
is
illuminated
by
138
windows
and
has
an
acoustics
quality
and
ventilation
system
that
is
clearly
the
work
of
an
architectural
genius.
Taking
into
consideration
the
acoustics,
all
the
domes
double
domes.
64
jars
which
are
made
of
terracotta
are
placed
into
the
main
dome.
These
jars
are
also
placed
on
the
corners
of
small
domes
and
under
the
stalactites.
There
are
64
cubes
placed
into
the
main
dome
and
into
its
corners
and
the
stalactites.
The
floor
of
the
mosque
has
holes
wer
made
of
bricks
to
reflect
sound.
The
inscriptions
on
the
walls
were
written
by
a
renowned
calligrapher
Ahmed
Karahisåri
and
his
student
Hasan
Çelebi.
Two
of
the
mosque's
four
minarets
are
on
the
two
corners
of
the
inner
courtyard's
north
facade
and
they
have
two
balconies
each.
The
other
two
minarets
have
three
balconies
each
and
are
on
the
corners
of
the
rear
facade.
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