Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Edirnekapı)
The Mihrimah Sultan Mosque ( Turkish Mihrimah Camii , also Edirnekapı Camii ) is a mosque designed by the architect Sinan in Edirnekapı in the European part of Istanbul in the immediate vicinity of the Theodosian Land Wall .
The founder was Mihrimah Sultan, the daughter of Sultan Süleyman I and his favorite wife Roxelane and the wife of the Grand Vizier Riistem Pascha . The building was constructed by the architect Sinan between 1562 and 1565. The dome is 37 m high. The interior is divided by four large pillars that support the large dome and three other semi-domes. The walls with their 161 windows let in the daylight and give the impression of a spiritual ascent. Damage from earthquakes in 1719, 1766 and 1894 was repaired around 1910 and in the 1960s. The now dilapidated building was extensively restored from 2010 to 2011. It suffered serious damage again in the 1999 earthquake .
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The foundation complex ( Külliye ) included a medrese , a hammam and shops, parts of which have since fallen victim to road construction. The Türbe of Damad Ahmed Pascha, who died in 1575, is in the cemetery area behind the mosque .
Another mosque, donated by Mihrimah and also built by Sinan, which is also called Mihrimah Camii or İskele Camii, is located on the Asian side of Istanbul at the shipping pier in Üsküdar .
literature
- Mihrimah Camii in Marianne Mehling (ed.): Knaurs Kulturführer in Farbe Istanbul und Marmarameer, Droemer-Knaur 1990 p. 111 ISBN 3-426-26294-0
- Gülru Necipoğlu: The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire . Reaction Books, London 2005, ISBN 1-86189-244-6 , pp. 305-314
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Coordinates: 41 ° 1 ′ 45 ″ N , 28 ° 56 ′ 9 ″ E