Nuruosmaniye Mosque

Nuruosmaniye Mosque
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Geographic coordinates	41.010234°N 28.970540°E / 41.010234; 28.970540
Architecture
Architect(s)	Mustafa Ağa, Simon Kalfa
Type	Mosque
Style	Ottoman Baroque architecture
Groundbreaking	1749
Completed	1755
Specifications
Height (max)	43.50 m[1]
Dome dia. (inner)	25 m[2]
Minaret(s)	2
Minaret height	60 m?

The Nuruosmaniye Mosque (Turkish: Nuruosmaniye Camii) is an Ottoman mosque located in the Çemberlitaş neighbourhood of Fatih district in Istanbul, Turkey.

Architecture

It is considered one of the finest examples of mosques in Ottoman Baroque style. It was built by architects Mustafa Ağa and a Greek minority architect, Simeon Kalfa on one of the seven hills of Istanbul. It was commissioned from the order of Sultan Mahmut I beginning in 1748 and completed by his brother and successor Sultan Osman III in 1755. The architects adopted Baroque architectural elements, the mosque is also distinctive with the absence of an ablution fountain (Turkish: şadırvan). Nuruosmaniye Mosque is located near the entrance to the Kapalıçarşı (Grand Bazaar), Column of Constantine and the historical Atik Ali Paşa Mosque.

The prayer hall is covered by a single dome 25 m in diameter, it has two minarets with two balconies. The colonnaded portico has a half circle plan, unique for Ottoman mosques. The height of the dome is 43,50 m from the floor level. In the backgarden there is a Türbe (tomb). The mosque is part of a larger complex (Külliye) consisting of a sebil (fountain), medrese, (Islamic school) consisting of 20 domed rooms and one large classroom (dershane), imaret, and the library, which today is part of the Süleymaniye library and contains personal collections of Mahmud I and Osman III with a total of 7,600 volumes of whom 5052 are manuscripts.

Gallery

• 
  Section and plan of the mosque published by Cornelius Gurlitt in 1912
• 
  Historic photo in 1870s.
• 
  Windows
• 
  Portico
• 
  Fountain and Entrance of Nuruosmaniyecamii Mosque

See also

• Islamic architecture
• List of mosques
• Ottoman architecture

References

• Nuruosmaniye Complex at ArchNet.org
• Nuruosmaniye Mosque at GreatIstanbul.com

External links

• Images of Nuruosmaniye Mosque