Sultan Mosque, Manisa

Sultan Mosque
The hospital
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	Manisa, Turkey
Interactive map of Sultan Mosque
Coordinates	38°36′38.3″N27°25′38.3″E / 38.610639°N 27.427306°E / 38.610639; 27.427306
Architecture
Type	Mosque
Style	Islamic, Ottoman architecture
Completed	1522
Minaret	2

Sultan Mosque also called Hafsa Sultan Mosque is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque in Manisa, Turkey.

Mosque

The mosque and the adjoining religious complex ( külliye ) were built in Manisa by Hafsa Sultan, the wife of Sultan Selim I and mother of Suleiman the Magnificent, in 1522. The mosque complex consists of the mosque, a madrasa, a hospice, an elementary school, a double bath, and a hospital. The mosque is covered by one central dome and has two minarets. ^[1]

Notes

1. Necipoğlu 2005, pp. 53–54.

Sources

• Necipoğlu, Gülru (2005). The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire. London: Reaktion Books. ISBN   978-1-86189-253-9.

External links

• Hafsa Sultan Complex, Archnet
• Photographs of the complex by Dick Osseman