Old Mosque, Edirne

Old Mosque
Eski Camii
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Location
Location	Edirne, Turkey
Location of the mosque in Turkey
Geographic coordinates	41°40′36″N26°33′21″E / 41.676712°N 26.555704°E / 41.676712; 26.555704
Architecture
Architect(s)	Haci Alaeddin, Ömer bin Ibrahim
Type	Mosque
Style	Ottoman architecture
Groundbreaking	1402
Completed	1414;611 years ago (1414)
Specifications
Dome(s)	9
Minaret(s)	2

The Old Mosque (Turkish : Eski Camii), also known as Grand Mosque (Turkish : Ulucami), ^[1] is an early 15th-century Ottoman mosque in Edirne, Turkey.

Description

It was built from the order of Emir Süleyman, and completed under the rule of his brother, Sultan Mehmet I. The mosque is located in the historical center of the city, near the market and close to other prominent historical mosques, Selimiye Mosque and Üç Şerefeli Mosque. The mosque is covered by 9 domes supported on four columns. The mosque had originally a single minaret, the taller one was later built by Murat II. The mosque without a courtyard is entered through three doors. Inside the mosque large calligraphy works can be seen. ^[1]

Gallery

• 
  Aerial view of the mosque
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  Side view of the mosque, showing the domed prayer hall preceded by a portico (right)
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  View of the front portico, with mural calligraphy of the word "Muhammad"
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  Mural calligraphy of the word "Allah", front portico
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  Interior of the mosque, looking from the entrance towards the mihrab
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  One of the nine domes of the mosque
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  Interior of the mosque (with minbar on the left)

See also

• Early Ottoman architecture
• List of mosques
• List of Turkish Grand Mosques

References

1. Akcil, Nesrin Gul (2012). "Edirne Grand Mosque". Islam Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Vol. 42. Istanbul: Turkish Diyanet Foundation. pp. 97–98.

Further reading

• Goodwin, Godfrey (1971). A History of Ottoman Architecture. New York: Thames & Hudson. pp. 55–57. ISBN   0500274290.
• Kuban, Doğan (2010). Ottoman Architecture. Translated by Mill, Adair. Antique Collectors' Club. pp. 138–141. ISBN   9781851496044.
• Öney, Gönül; Bulut, Lale; Çakmak, Şakir; Daş, Ertan; Demir, Aydoğan; Demiralp, Yekta; Kuyulu, İnci; Ünal, Rahmi H. (2010). "VIII. 1. c Eski Mosque". Early Ottoman Art: The Legacy of the Emirates. Islamic Art in the Mediterranean (2nd ed.). Museum With No Frontiers. ISBN   9783902782212.

External links

Geographic data related to Old Mosque, Edirne at OpenStreetMap

• Photographs of the Eski Camii taken by Dick Osseman