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Το '''Τέμενος Μιχριμάχ''' (τούρκικα:Mihrimah Camii) έιναι ένα Οθωμανικό Τέμενος που βρίσκεται στην συνοικία Εντίρνεκαπού και έιναι χτισμένο στον έκτο,και πιό ψηλό,λόφο της [[Κωνσταντινούπολη|Πόλης]].
{{for|the mosque in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul|Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Üsküdar)}}
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The ''' Mihrimah Sultan Mosque''' ({{lang-tr|''Mihrimah Sultan Camii''}}) is an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[mosque]] located in the [[Edirnekapı, Istanbul|Edirnekapı]] neighborhood near the [[Walls of Constantinople|Byzantine land walls]] of [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]. Located on the peak of the Sixth Hill near the highest point of the city, the mosque is a prominent landmark in Istanbul.<ref>Rogers, Sinan, pp. index</ref>
==History==
The Mihrimah Sultan Mosque was designed by [[Mimar Sinan]] ("Sinan the Architect") for the favorite daughter of [[Suleiman the Magnificent]], Princess [[Mihrimah Sultana|Mihrimah]]. Its building took place from 1562 to 1565.<ref>Faroqhi, Subjects of the Sultan.</ref> The complex has been severely damaged by [[earthquake]]s several times (including 1719, 1766, 1814 and 1894), and although efforts were made to restore the mosque, its attendant buildings received less attention. The dome was further damaged during [[1999 İzmit earthquake]], and required restoration, along with the upper half of the minaret.
==Architecture==
===Exterior===
The mosque was built on a terrace overlooking the main street. A large courtyard (''avlu'') whose interior [[portico]] is divided into individual cells forming a ''[[madrasah]]'' surrounds the mosque. In the center of the courtyard is a large [[Islamic hygienical jurisprudence|ablution]] fountain (''[[sadirvan]]''). Entry to the mosque is through an imposing porch of seven domed bays with [[marble]] and [[granite]] columns.<ref>Freely, ''Blue Guide Istanbul''</ref> The mosque itself is a cube topped by a half-sphere, with symmetrical multi-windowed [[tympanum (architecture)|tympana]] on each of the four sides. The dome is supported by four towers, one in each corner; its base is pierced by windows. The single [[minaret]] is tall and slender; during the 1894 earthquake it crashed through the roof of the mosque.
===Interior===
The interior is a cube under a dome 20 m in diameter and 37 m high. On the north and south sides, triple arcades supported by granite columns open onto side aisles with galleries above, each with three domed bays. A vast amount of surface area is covered by windows, making the mosque one of the brightest lit of any of Sinan's works. Some of the windows contain [[stained glass]].
The interior stencil decorations are all modern. However, the [[mimbar]] in carved white marble is from the original construction.
===Complex===
As built, the Mihrimah Sultan Mosque had a ''[[külliye]]'' which included (besides madrasah) a double [[Turkish bath|hamman]], ''[[türbe]]'' and a low row of shops under the terrace upon which the mosque was built, whose rents were intended to financially support the mosque complex.
The complex does not include the grave of Mihrimah Sultana herself (which is located at the [[Süleymaniye Mosque]], but a ruined ''türbe'' (which is also a work of Sinan) behind the mosque houses the graves of her son-in-law, [[Grand Vizier]] [[Semiz Ali]] Pasha, as well as many other members of her family.
== See also ==
* [[List of mosques]]
* [[Ottoman architecture]]
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image: Istanbul - Mesquita de Mihrimah - Cúpula.JPG |Dome.
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==Notes==
{{reflist}}
==References==
*{{cite book
| last = Faroqhi
| first = Suraiyah
| year = 2005
| title = Subjects of the Sultan: Culture and Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire
| publisher = I B Tauris
| location =
| isbn = 1-85043-760-2
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Freely
| first = John
| year = 2000
| title = Blue Guide Istanbul
| publisher = [[W. W. Norton & Company]]
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| isbn = 0-393-32014-6
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Rogers
| first = J.M.
| year = 2007
| title = Sinan: Makers of Islamic Civilization
| publisher = I B Tauris
| location =
| isbn = 1-84511-096-X
}}
==External links==
* [http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=2986 Mihrimah Sultan Complex at Edirnekapi], Archnet.
{{Mosques in Turkey}}
[[Category:Domes]]
[[Category:Religious buildings completed in 1565]]
[[Category:Mimar Sinan buildings]]
[[Category:Ottoman mosques in Istanbul]]
[[Category:Fatih]]
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