Selimiye Mosque dome by Mimar Sinan
Cúpula de la Selimiye de Sinan
- Date
- 1568-1575 · confidence high
- Place
- Selimiye Mosque, Edirne, Turkey
- Credited to
- Mimar Sinan
- People
- 👤 Mimar Sinan1490–1588
- Field
- Tools
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
A 31 m dome resting on eight piers and an octagonal ring that frees the interior space and concentrates the loads. It is the culmination of Ottoman dome engineering and surpassed Hagia Sophia in diameter.
The comparison of diameters with Hagia Sophia depends on how it is measured (Hagia Sophia's dome is elliptical, 31-32 m).
What it led to
- open centralised spaces
- classical Ottoman architecture
- a model for mosques from Istanbul to India