Mesih Mehmed Pasha Camii

Date: 1586
Image View Description: Exterior: Northwestern Portal Through Outer and Inner Porches
Creator: Sinan (Ottoman architect, ca. 1500-1588)
Work Type: architecture
Culture: Turkish
Subject: Islam
Location: Istanbul (Turkey)
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.
Image Source: Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University
Photographer: Gabriel Rodriguez
Record ID: 1415_istanbul2014_mesihmehmetpashacamii_img_046


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