Sultan_Mosque,_Manisa

Sultan Mosque, Manisa

Sultan Mosque, Manisa

Add article description

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

Quick Facts Religion, Affiliation ...

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 2 minarets.[1]

Notes

  1. [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.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Sultan_Mosque,_Manisa, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.