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Sinan Pasha Mosque (Istanbul)

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Location
  
Istanbul, Turkey

Completed
  
1555

Architectural style
  
Ottoman architecture

Architectural type
  
Mosque

Architect
  
Mimar Sinan

Affiliation
  
Islam

Opened
  
1555

Number of minarets
  
1

Groundbreaking
  
1554

Sinan Pasha Mosque (Istanbul)

Address
  
Sinanpaşa Mahallesi, 34353 Beşiktaş/İstanbul, Turkey

Similar
  
Molla Çelebi Mosque, Zal Mahmud Pasha M, Hadim Ibrahim Pasha M, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha M, Piyale Pasha Mosque

The Sinan Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Sinan Paşa Camii) is an Ottoman mosque located in a densely populated district of Beşiktaş, in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built by famous Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan from the order of the admiral Sinan Pasha. The türbe (tomb) of Barbaros Hayrettin Pasha is located just across the street. Mosques of Mimar Sinan has been "said to have changed the history of architecture."

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Sinan Pasha Mosque (Istanbul) Wikipedia