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The Selimiye | |||
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Architect | Sinan |
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Location | Edirne, Turkey | ||||
Date | begun 1569 timeline | ||||
Building Type | mosque | ||||
Construction System | bearing masonry | ||||
Climate | hot temperate | ||||
Context | urban | ||||
Style | Islamic, Ottoman exemplar | ||||
Notes | Reminiscent of Hagia Sophia. Diagramatically a circle-on-square. | ||||
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Discussion | The Selimiye Commentary
"This building marks the culmination of Sinan's search for a more and more homogeneous interior. A single dome is supported on an octagon; it is 43 m. in diameter, and its buttressing is barely visible on the outside of the building." Henri Stierlin. Comprende l'Architecture universelle 2. p383. | ||||
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Sources on The Selimiye
Howard Davis. Slide from photographer's collection. PCD 2260.1012.0218.005. Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. London: The Butterworth Group, 1987. ISBN 0-408-01587-X. LC 86-31761. NA200.F63 1987. discussion, p439, p441. photo p440. The classic text of architectural history. Expanded 1996 edition available at Amazon.com John Julius Norwich, ed. Great Architecture of the World. London: Mitchell Beazley Publishers, 1975. photo, drawing, p140. Reprint edition: Da Capo Press, April 1991. ISBN 0-3068-0436-0. An accessible, inspiring and informative overview of world architecture, with lots of full-color cutaway drawings, and clear explanations. Available at Amazon.com Henri Stierlin. Comprende l'Architecture universelle 2. Fribourg, Switzerland: Office du Livre, 1977. discussion p383. Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5. Available at Amazon.com
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