Sultan Mosque, Manisa

38°36′38.3″N 27°25′38.3″E / 38.610639°N 27.427306°E / 38.610639; 27.427306ArchitectureTypeMosqueStyleIslamic, Ottoman architectureCompleted1522Minaret(s)2

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

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

Sources

• Necipoğlu, Gülru (2005). The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire. London: Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-86189-253-9.

External links

• Hafsa Sultan Complex, Archnet
• Photographs of the complex by Dick Osseman