Native name: Rustem Pasa Camii
Rustem Pasha Mosque is located in Hasırcılar Çarşısı (Strawmat Weavers Market) in Eminönü. It was built by Grand Vizier Damat Rüstem Pasha (husband of Princess Mihrimah, one of the daughters of Suleiman the Magnificent) between 1561 to 1563. The building is considered the first example of the great Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan, building a mosque with an octagonal plan.
The mosque was built high over a complex of vaulted shops. The rents from these shops were intended to financially support the mosque. Narrow interior flights of steps in the corners lead to a spacious courtyard. There is a double porch with five domed bays, from which projects a deep and low roof supported by a row of columns.
The main area of the mosque has a re...
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