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Uc Şerefeli Mosque
A Friday mosque built around 1338–1347 (c. 1438–1447 CE) in Edirne under Ottoman sultan Murad II, named for the three separate balconies on its south…
Timeline
- 1438Old city of Edirne · EdirneMurad II ordered the construction of a new Friday mosque in Edirne, the Ottoman European capital, choosing a site near the Old Mosque, intending to display an upgraded capital worship space with a larger dome and a group of minarets.
- 1438–1447Uc Şerefeli Mosque construction site · EdirneThe main structure was completed in 1447: the central stone dome spans about 24 meters, the four minarets are of different forms, and the southwest tower, with its zigzag patterns in red and white stone and three separate balconies, gave the mosque its name 'Uc Şerefeli' and became the tallest Ottoman minaret of its time.
- 1447–1453Edirne · EdirneAfter completion, the mosque was accompanied by a madrasa, a hadith college, and an almshouse kitchen, forming a capital charitable-educational complex. After the imperial capital moved in 1453, it remained one of Edirne's most important Friday mosques and provided a transitional model for the centralized layout of the 16th-century Selimiye Mosque.
Sources
- Üç Şerefeli Mosque https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9C%C3%A7_%C5%9Eerefeli_Mosque
- Üç Şerefeli Cami https://www.archnet.org/sites/1942
- The Art and Architecture of Islam, 1250–1800 — Sheila S. Blair; Jonathan M. Bloom (1994)