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Suleymaniye Mosque Cemetery and Mausoleums

Sinan
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/110770
Date
1566-2000
Description
The mausoleum of Sultan Süleyman (designed by the architect Sinan in 1566); The enclosed cemetery on the qibla (Mecca side of the mosque), contains two octagonal mausoleums, one for Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent and the other for his wife Hürrem (Roxelana). Both were designed by the architect Sinan in 1566. Hürrem died on April 18, 1558. She is buried in a domed mausoleum (türbe) decorated in exquisite Iznik tiles depicting the garden of paradise. Her mausoleum is adjacent to Süleyman's, a separate and more somber domed structure. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 1/6/2008)
Type of Work
mausoleum; cemetery; monument
Subject
architectural exteriors, death or burial, rulers and leaders, Suleyman I, Sultan of the Turks, 1494 or 5-1566, Ottoman (style)
Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
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