The New Mosque
The New Mosque is a large and beautiful imperial mosque at the end of the Galata Bridge on the Eminönü waterfront in Istanbul. It was begun in 1597 by the mother of Sultan Mehmet III, but construction was delayed for a number of reasons (including the death of the sultan) and it was not finished until 1663.
In Turkey, “imperial mosques” have at least two minarets, and are often large complexes of buildings called a kulliye, and these adjacent structures serve both religious and cultural needs. At its height, the New Mosque complex consisted of the mosque itself, a hospital, primary school, public baths, tombs, fountains, a market and a library.
In a new-meets-old context, I particularly liked that all the light fixtures all had compact florescent light bulbs.
The New Mosque
The New Mosque is a large and beautiful imperial mosque at the end of the Galata Bridge on the Eminönü waterfront in Istanbul. It was begun in 1597 by the mother of Sultan Mehmet III, but construction was delayed for a number of reasons (including the death of the sultan) and it was not finished until 1663.
In Turkey, “imperial mosques” have at least two minarets, and are often large complexes of buildings called a kulliye, and these adjacent structures serve both religious and cultural needs. At its height, the New Mosque complex consisted of the mosque itself, a hospital, primary school, public baths, tombs, fountains, a market and a library.
In a new-meets-old context, I particularly liked that all the light fixtures all had compact florescent light bulbs.