Şehzade Mosque - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Şehzade Mosque - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Şehzade Mosque (, from the original Persian شاهزاده Šāhzādeh, meaning "prince") is a 16th-century Ottoman imperial mosque located in the district of Fatih, on the third hill of Istanbul, Turkey. It was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent as a memorial to his son Şehzade Mehmed who died in 1543. It is sometimes referred to as the "Prince's Mosque" in English.Rogers, Sinan, pp. index The mosque was one of the earliest and most important works of architect Mimar Sinan and is one of the signature works of Classical Ottoman architecture. Read more on Wikipedia
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