Designed by Mimar Sinan

Connected Sites: 6

Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ ("Sinan the Architect") (c. 1489/1490 – July 17, 1588) was the chief Ottoman architect (Turkish: mimar) and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III. He was responsible for the construction of more than 300 major structures and other more modest projects. (wiki)

Connected Sites

  • Aleppo
    Aleppo
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.53
    68
    5
    Khusruwiyah Mosque (one of Sinan's early works)
    See openbuildings.com
  • Selimiye Mosque
    Selimiye Mosque
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.47
    115
    4
    The mosque (completed in 1574) is widely regarded as Sinan's crowning masterpiece (wiki)
  • Old City of Jerusalem
    Old City of Jerusalem
    Israel
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.36
    275
    12
    Damascus Gate, which was built atop a Roman gate that is still visible
    See www.antiquities.org.il
  • Mostar
    Mostar
    Bosnia Herzegovina
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.51
    285
    14
    designed by the renowned Ottoman architect Sinan
  • Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge
    Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge
    Bosnia Herzegovina
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.36
    108
    8
  • Istanbul
    Istanbul
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 1985
    4.37
    485
    12
    Suleiman Mosque; also designed changes to the Hagia Sofia