Mesih Mehmed Pasha Camii

Interior: Northwest Elevation Detail, Muqarnas

Creator

Sinan, Mimar
Ottoman
architect
ca. 1500-1588
Aga, Davud
Ottoman
architect
16th century
Title Variant
Mesih Mehmet Pasa Mosque
Date

1586

Geographic Coordinates
41.024283, 28.938134

Work Type

Notes

There is still much debate over who was responsible for the design and completion of this mosque. Some credit Sinan, claiming that he designed it before his departure for Mecca. Others claim that the design was completed after Sinan had left Constantinople by Davud.

Culture

Subject

Islam
Ottoman (architecture)
Turkish (architecture)
Image Date
July, 2014
Image Source

Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University

Photographer