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The Yavuz Selim Mosque, also known as the Selim I Mosque and the Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque ( Turkish: Yavuz Selim Camii) is a 16th-century Ottoman imperial mosque located at the top of the 5th hill of Istanbul, Turkey, in the neighborhood of Çukurbostan, overlooking the Golden Horn. Its size and geographic position make it a familiar landmark ...
Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque. The sultan to whom this mosque was dedicated (Süleyman the Magnificent's father, Selim I, known as 'the Grim') is famous for having killed two of his brothers, six of his nephews and three of his own sons in order to assure his succession and that of Süleyman. He did, however, lay the groundwork for his son's ...
Yavuz Selim Mosque History. Despite being of modest size for an imperial mosque, Yavuz Selim, also known as the Selimiye, is one of the most beautiful in Istanbul. Its design is breathtakingly simple and attributable to the architect Alaüddin. The mosque, completed in 1522, is a square of around 25 metres surmounted by a daringly shallow dome ...
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Sultan Selim Külliyesi is a mosque complex in Istanbul. Kanuni Süleyman (r. 1520-1566/926-974 AH) commissioned the complex in memory of his father, Yavuz Selim (Selim I., r. 1512-1520/918-926 AH) at the very beginning of his reign, making it one of his earliest commissions. An inscription plaque on the mosque's portal states that the building ...
Nov 13, 2019 · Selim I (b. 1470, Amasya – d. 1520, Çorlu) was the 9th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1512-1520). Known as Selim the Grim and Selim the Resolute (Yavuz Sultan Selim), he seized power by dethroning his father, Bayezid II. Selim I increased the size of the Ottoman Empire by 70% through conquests of Egypt, Syria, Palestine, and the Arabian ...
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The Yavuz Selim Mosque (a.k.a. Selim I Mosque or Yavuz Sultan Selim) Mosque sits on a terrace in the Çarşamba district, overlooking the Golden Horn. It is the second oldest imperial mosque in Istanbul surviving to modern times. It was commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in memory of his father, Selim I, who died in ...
Aug 26, 2023 · The History And Structure Of Yavuz Selim Mosque. R Prazeres , Yavuz Selim Mosque DSCF6829 , CC BY-SA 4.0. Suleiman the Magnificent ordered the construction of the mosque for his father Selim I in 1522. It is one of the mosques on the seven hills of Istanbul. However, Selim I did not live long enough to see the completion of the construction.
