At a glance
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 3/5 · Help complete it
Summary
Edirne's Süleymaniye Camii was built in 1548 by Gazi Süleyman Pasha, a vezir of Süleyman the Magnificent 1.
Form
A single-unit mosque with a square prayer room under a hemispherical dome, preceded by a three-domed porch; the minaret has vanished and of the portico only the columns and arches remain, their voussoirs alternating red and white 1.
For young visitors
A 1548 mosque that lost its minaret — but kept a porch of red-and-white stone arches.
Curatorial notes
- Source read: Freely, A History of Ottoman Architecture (2011), p. 99 (Süleymaniye Camii).
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People and things also explored
Abu Dulaf Mosque, Samarra· Great Mosque of Adana· Ahi Çelebi Mosque, Istanbul· al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo· al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· Great Mosque of Samarra· al-Janad Mosque, Ta'izz· al-Mansur Mosque (Kasbah Mosque), Marrakesh
Sources
- John Freely, A History of Ottoman Architecture (2011) , p.99
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Süleymaniye Mosque, Edirne”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/suleymaniye-mosque-edirne/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.