Let us travel to another time today – the 16th century. Mimar Sinan really was starchitect. He was responsible for over 300 structures, many that endure to this day. Sinan was born in Kayseri, Turkey in 1490, he died in 1588. He was the most celebrated architect of the Ottoman Empire. The Selimiye Mosque in Edirne is considered his masterpiece the Suleiman Mosque in Istanbul his most famous.
When working in Turkey I had the pleasure of visiting the Cemberlitas Baths. It was evening and very quiet, the attendant soaped me up, rinced me up, threw me into the sauna, then another rince, a scrup, and a final wash. Afterwards I was as soft as baby. The next day when I jumped into my own shower and realized I had to wash myself it was quite disconcerting.
Haseki Sultan Complex
1539, Istanbul, Turkey
Kadirga Sokullu Mosque
1541, Istanbul, Turkey
Sehzade Mosque
1543, Istanbul, Turkey
Khusruwiyah Mosque
1547, Alippo, Syria
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque
1548, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey
Hagia Sophia Hurrem Sultan Bathhouse
1556, Istanbul, Turkey
Suleymaniye Mosque
1557, Istanbul, Turkey
Caferaga Medresseh
1559, Istanbul, Turkey
Al-Takiya Al-Suleimaniya
1560, Damascus, Syria
Rustem Pasha Mosque
1563, Istanbul, Turkey
Yavuz Sultan Selim Madras
1563
Banya Bashi Mosque
1566, Sofia, Bulgaria
Kanuni Sultan Suleiman Brudge
1567, Istanbul, Turkey
Takiyya as Suleimaniyya Masque
1567, Damascus, Syria
Kursum Mosque or Osma Shah Mosque Trikala
1570, Thessaly, Greece
Mihrimah Sultran Mosque Edirnekapi
1570, Istanbul, Turkey
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque
1572, Kadiraga, Istanbul, Turkey
Piyale Pasha Mosque
1573, Istanbul, Turkey
Selimiye Mosque
1575, Edirne, Turkey
Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic Bridge Visegrad
1577, Visegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque
1578, Azapkapi, Istanbul, Turkey
Cemberlitas Baths
1584, Istanbul, Turkey
Molla Celebi Mosque
1584, Istanbul, Turkey
Kilic Ali Pasha Complex
1587, Istanbul, Turkey
Zal Mahmud Pasha Mosque
1590, Istanbul, Turkey
Nisanci Mehmed Pasha Mosque
1592, Istanbul, Turkey
The Church of the Assumption
Rebuilt 1906, Uzundzhovo, Bulgaria
