The Old Mosque (), also known as Grand Mosque (),
is an early 15th-century
Ottoman mosque in
Edirne
Edirne (; ), historically known as Orestias, Adrianople, is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the Edirne Province, province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, Edirne was the second c ...
, Turkey.
Description
It was built from the order of
Emir Süleyman, and completed under the rule of his brother, Sultan
Mehmet I. The mosque is located in the historical center of the city, near the market and close to other prominent historical mosques,
Selimiye Mosque and
Üç Şerefeli Mosque
The Üç Şerefeli Mosque () is a 15th-century Ottoman mosque in Edirne, Turkey.
History
The Üç Şerefeli Mosque was commissioned by Ottoman sultan Murad II (r. 1421–1444, 1446–1451), and built between 1438 and 1447. It is located in the ...
. The mosque is covered by 9 domes supported on four columns. The mosque had originally a single
minaret
A minaret is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques. Minarets are generally used to project the Muslim call to prayer (''adhan'') from a muezzin, but they also served as landmarks and symbols of Islam's presence. They can h ...
, the taller one was later built by
Murat II. The mosque without a courtyard is entered through three doors. Inside the mosque large
calligraphy
Calligraphy () is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instruments. Contemporary calligraphic practice can be defined as "the art of giving form to signs in an e ...
works can be seen.
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Gallery
File:20120604 Edirne view from the top of the Minaret of Selimiye Mosque Edirne Turkey Panoramic (cropped).jpg, Aerial view of the mosque
File:EskiCamiEdirne (2).JPG, Side view of the mosque, showing the domed prayer hall preceded by a portico (right)
File:Eski Cami.jpg, View of the front portico, with mural calligraphy of the word "Muhammad"
File:Dcp7323-Edirne-Eski Camii Allah.jpg, Mural calligraphy of the word "Allah", front portico
File:Edirne Old Mosque 0098.jpg, Interior of the mosque, looking from the entrance towards the ''mihrab
''Mihrab'' (, ', pl. ') is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the ''qibla'', the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca towards which Muslims should face when praying. The wall in which a ''mihrab'' appears is thus the "''qibla'' wall".
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File:Eski Mosque Edirne 2881.jpg, One of the nine domes of the mosque
File:Edirne Old Mosque march 2017 2853.jpg, Interior of the mosque (with ''minbar
A minbar (; sometimes romanized as ''mimber'') is a pulpit in a mosque where the imam (leader of prayers) stands to deliver sermons (, ''khutbah''). It is also used in other similar contexts, such as in a Hussainiya where the speaker sits and le ...
'' on the left)
See also
* Early Ottoman architecture
* List of mosques
* List of Turkish Grand Mosques
References
Further reading
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External links
Photographs of the Eski Camii taken by Dick Osseman
Ottoman mosques in Edirne
Tourist attractions in Edirne
Ottoman architecture in Edirne
Mosque buildings with domes in Turkey
Buildings and structures completed in 1414
Mosques completed in the 1410s
Mosque buildings with minarets in Turkey
Sunni mosques in Turkey
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