Nuruosmaniye Mosque

Its construction was started by Mahmud I, Ottoman Emperor, and after his death, completed by Osman III. It was constructed between 1748 and 1755. It is at the entrance of Kapalicar§i. It is one of the most successful examples of European Baroque style applied in the Ottoman architecture. The mosque was constructed on one of the seven hills within the walls of former Constantinople. Its architect is estimated to be a Byzantine Greek, named Simeon. Some of the literature reports him to be Mustafa Agha. The most important differences of Nuruosmaniye Mosque from classical Ottoman

mosques are the plentiful ornaments on the main walls, ornamented minaret caps and the niche overlapping the main nave. The semi-circle designed courtyard with 12 columns and 14 domes and without a fountain has architectural and ornamental baroque characteristics which the previously constructed mosques lack. The courtyard has three entrances and there are two rows of windows at the outer walls. The mosque has a single central dome and no column is present inside. The dome measures 25,75 m. height. The central nave has three big entrance doors. The central nave has many windows to provide a plentiful of light, as if referring to the name of the mosque. There are 5 rows of windows inside. The pulpit is made of green porphyry.

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