Rüstem Pasha Mosque

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location = Istanbul, Turkey
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architect = Mimar Sinan
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materials = granite, marbleThe Rüstem Pasha Mosque ( _tr. " Rüstem Pasha Camii") is an Ottoman mosque located in Hasırcılar Çarşısı (Strawmat Weavers Market) in Eminönü, Istanbul, Turkey. [Rogers, Sinan, pp. index]

History

The Rüstem Pasha Mosque was designed by Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan for Grand Vizier "Damat" Rüstem Pasha (husband of one of the daughters of Suleiman the Magnificent, Princess Mihrimah). Its building took place from 1561 to 1563. [ Faroqhi, Subjects of the Sultan. ]

Architecture

Exterior

The mosque was built on a high terrace over a complex of vaulted shops, whose rents were intended to financially support the mosque complex. Narrow, twisting interior flights of steps in the corners give access to a spacious courtyard. The mosque has a double porch with five domed bays, from which projects a deep and low roof supported by a row of columns. [Freely, Blue Guide Istanbul ]

Interior

The Rüstem Pasha Mosque is famous for its large quantities of exquisite İznik tiles, set in a very wide variety of beautiful floral and geometric designs, which cover not only the façade of the porch but also the mihrab, minbar, walls, columns and on the façade of the porch outside. These tiles exhibit the use of a tomato-red color characteristic of the early Iznik period (1555-1620), and no other mosque in Istanbul makes such a lavish use of these tiles. [Denny, Iznik: The Artistry of Ottoman Ceramics]

The plan of the building is basically that of an octagon inscribed in a rectangle. The maindome rests on four semi-domes; not on the axes but in the diagonals of the building. The arches of the dome spring from four octagonal pillars— two on the north, two on the south— and from piers projecting from the east and west walls. To the north and south are galleries supported by pillars and by small marble columns between them. [Freely, Blue Guide Istanbul ]

See also

* Islamic architecture
* List of mosques
* Ottoman architecture

Gallery

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References

*cite book
last = Denny
first = Walter B.
year = 2005
title = Iznik: The Artistry of Ottoman Ceramics
publisher = Thames & Hudson
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id = ISBN 0500511926
*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 =
id = ISBN 1850437602
*cite book
last = Freely
first = John
year = 2000
title = Blue Guide Istanbul
publisher = W. W. Norton & Company
location =
id = ISBN 0393320146
*cite book
last = Rogers
first = J.M.
year = 2007
title = Sinan: Makers of Islamic Civilization
publisher = I B Tauris
location =
id = ISBN 184511096X

External links

* [http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1/turkey2/cd9/istanbul/mosques/rustem_pasha/exterior/ Exterior pictures of Rüstem Pasha Mosque from rubens.anu.edu.au]
* [http://www.tulpart.com/pic.asp?cmd=2&cid=5&sid=225 Photos of Rüstem Pasha Mosque]
* [http://newmanservices.com/turkey/thumbs.asp?rustem Interior photos of Rüstem Pasha Mosque]
* [http://www.sinanasaygi.com/en/eserler.asp?action=eserDetay&ID=99 Rüstem Pasha Mosque]

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