Resting in the Courtyard of Süleymaniye, Istanbul, Turkey

            The Süleymaniye Mosque was built on the order of Sultan Süleyman (Süleyman the Magnificent) was fortunate to be able to draw on the talents of the architectural genius of Sinan Pasha. The construction work began in 1550 and the mosque was finished in 1558.

As with other imperial mosques in Istanbul, the mosque itself is preceded by a monumental courtyard (avlu) on its west side. The courtyard at the Süleymaniye is of exceptional grandeur with a colonnaded peristyle with columns of marble, granite and porphyry. At the four corners of the courtyard are the four minarets, a number only allowable to mosques endowed by a sultan (princes and princesses could construct two minarets; others only one). The minarets have a total of 10 galleries (serifes), which by tradition indicates that Suleiman I was the 10th Ottoman sultan.

In the garden behind the main mosque there are two mausoleums (türbe) including the tombs of sultan Suleiman I, his wife Haseki Hürrem and his daughter Mihrimah. Just outside the mosque walls, to the north is the tomb of architect Sinan.

Taken in: Turkey / İstanbul / İstanbul / Süleymaniye (show map)

Taken on: October 13, 2012

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