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Suleymaniye Mosque

Religious and Sacred Buildings

The Suleymaniye Mosque is an Ottoman imperial mosque on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey, commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent and designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan. An inscription records its foundation in 1550 and its inauguration in 1557, though work on the wider complex likely continued for some years afterward.

Facts
Building Type
Ottoman imperial mosque 2
Location
Istanbul, Turkey 2
Completed Year
1557 2
Height (m)
53 2
Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Mosque 2
Connections

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Mosque, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Islamic Architecture, Styles and Movements

An Islamic architecture landmark.

In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Turkey, located there.
Sources
1. Suleymaniye Mosque (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikipedia, Suleymaniye Mosque, lead section, first sentence
    is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Wikipedia, Suleymaniye Mosque, lead section, third sentence
    An inscription specifies the foundation date as 1550 and the inauguration date as 1557, although work on the complex probably continued for a few years after this.
  • Wikipedia, Suleymaniye Mosque, lead section, place name
    is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Wikipedia, Suleymaniye Mosque, Description section, dome
    The dome is 53 metres (174 feet) high and has a diameter of 26.5 metres (86.9 feet) which is exactly half the height.
  • Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
    The Suleymaniye Mosque is an Ottoman imperial mosque on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey, commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent and designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan. An inscription records its foundation in 1550 and its inauguration in 1557, though work on the wider complex likely continued for some years afterward.
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