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SULEYMANIYE MOSQUE ISTANBUL
The cascading domes and four slender minarets of
the Imperial Suleymaniye Mosque dominate the skyline on the Golden
Horn's west bank. Considered the most beautiful of all imperial
mosques in Istanbul, it was built between 1550 and 1557 by Sinan,
the renowned architect of the Ottoman Empire's golden age. Erected
on the crest of a hill, the building is conspicuous for its great
size, emphasized by the four minarets that rise from each comer of
the courtyard. Inside are the mihrab (prayer niche showing the
direction to Mecca) and the mimber (pulpit) made of finely carved
white marble and exquisite stained-glass windows coloring the
incoming streams of light. It was in the gardens of this complex
that Suleyman and his wife, Hurrem Sultan (Roxelane), had their
mausolea built, and near here also Sinan built his own tomb. The
mosque complex also includes four medreses, or theological schools,
a school of medicine, a caravanserai, a Turkish bath, and a kitchen
and hospice for the poor.
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