Istanbul, Türkiye
Nuruosmaniye Mosque is a mosque in Istanbul.
The Nuruosmaniye Mosque stands in the Çemberlitaş neighbourhood of Fatih, on the second of Istanbul's seven hills, at one of the gates of the Grand Bazaar near the Column of Constantine and the Atik Ali Pasha Mosque. It was begun in 1748 by Sultan Mahmud I and completed in 1755 under his brother and successor Osman III, after whom it is named, the Light of Osman. It was the first imperial mosque built in Istanbul in about a hundred years, since the Sultan Ahmed Mosque. Designed by the architect Simeon Kalfa, it was the first monumental Ottoman building in the new Ottoman Baroque style, which brought baroque and neoclassical elements from Europe into Ottoman architecture. You see it in the curving ornament, the columns and capitals, and the unusual curved courtyard ringed by a domed portico. Its dome, one of the largest in Istanbul, rests on four great arches, and many windows make the interior strikingly bright; it has two minarets. The mosque is the centre of a complex that served as the neighbourhood's cultural, religious and educational hub, with a madrasa, library, fountain, tomb and soup kitchen. It was added to Turkey's tentative World Heritage list in 2016.
Visitors are welcome outside prayer times; modest dress and headscarves for women are required. Allow thirty minutes. Its curved courtyard is relatively calm, a good break before or after entering the Grand Bazaar through the neighbouring Nuruosmaniye Gate. Avoid Friday prayers, and watch your belongings in the crowds.
Hours and prices change — check before you go. Source: en.wikipedia.org
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