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Üç Serefeli Cami at Edirne: Detail of the base of the northwestern minaret with its spiral stone pattern called Burmali

Üç Serefeli Cami at Edirne (1438-47): Built by Murat II, it is a turning point in Ottoman architecture: a hypostyle mosque with a large, domed maqsura that dominates both the interior space and exterior profile of the mosque.

 

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Photograph

 

Credit

Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.

 

MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin

4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002

 

MIT Course Instructor

Rabbat, Nasser O.

 

MIT Department

Architecture

 

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http://ocw.mit.edu/terms

 

Publisher

MIT OpenCourseWare

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Uploaded on October 31, 2008
Taken on July 8, 2002