{{Short description|Mosque in Edirne, Turkey}} {{Infobox religious building | building_name = Old Mosque | native_name = Eski Camii | image = Eski Ulu Cami (outside) Edirne Türkiye 06.jpg | image_size = | caption = | map_type = Turkey | map_size = | map_caption = Location of the mosque in Turkey | location = [[Edirne]], Turkey | coordinates = {{coord|41.676712|N|26.555704|E|region:TR_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | latitude = | longitude = | religious_affiliation = [[Sunni Islam]] | status = | functional_status = | heritage_designation = | leadership = | website = | architecture = yes | architect = Haci Alaeddin, Ömer bin Ibrahim | architecture_type = [[Mosque]] | architecture_style = [[Ottoman architecture]] | general_contractor = | facade_direction = | groundbreaking = 1402 | year_completed = {{start date and age|1414}} | minaret_quantity = 2 | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | dome_quantity = 9 | materials = }} The '''Old Mosque''' ({{langx|tr|Eski Camii}}), also known as '''Grand Mosque''' ({{langx|tr|Ulucami}}),<ref name=Akcil>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/ulucami#20-edirne-eskicamii|author=Akcil, Nesrin Gul|date=2012|title=Edirne Grand Mosque|encyclopedia=[[Islam Ansiklopedisi]]|volume=42|pages=97–98|publisher=Turkish Diyanet Foundation|location=Istanbul|lang=tr}}</ref> is an early 15th-century [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] mosque in [[Edirne]]<!--Known as such in English until 1930 -- not relevant to the article. Alexandropoli, for instance, was known in English as Dedeagach and it's not in the introduction of said article-->, Turkey.
==Description== It was built from the order of [[Süleyman Çelebi|Emir Süleyman]], and completed under the rule of his brother, Sultan [[Mehmet I]]. The mosque is located in the historical center of the city, near the market and close to other prominent historical mosques, [[Selimiye Mosque (Edirne)|Selimiye Mosque]] and [[Üç Şerefeli Mosque]]. The mosque is covered by 9 domes supported on four columns. The mosque had originally a single [[minaret]], the taller one was later built by [[Murat II]]. The mosque without a courtyard is entered through three doors. Inside the mosque large [[Islamic calligraphy|calligraphy]] works can be seen.<ref name=Akcil/>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:20120604 Edirne view from the top of the Minaret of Selimiye Mosque Edirne Turkey Panoramic (cropped).jpg|Aerial view of the mosque File:EskiCamiEdirne (2).JPG|Side view of the mosque, showing the domed prayer hall preceded by a portico (right) File:Eski Cami.jpg|View of the front portico, with mural calligraphy of the word "Muhammad" File:Dcp7323-Edirne-Eski Camii Allah.jpg|Mural calligraphy of the word "Allah", front portico File:Edirne Old Mosque 0098.jpg|Interior of the mosque, looking from the entrance towards the ''[[mihrab]]'' File:Eski Mosque Edirne 2881.jpg|One of the nine domes of the mosque File:Edirne Old Mosque march 2017 2853.jpg|Interior of the mosque (with ''[[minbar]]'' on the left) </gallery>
==See also== * [[Early Ottoman architecture]] * [[List of mosques]] * [[List of Turkish Grand Mosques]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== * {{Cite book |last=Goodwin |first=Godfrey |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofottoman0000good/ |title=A History of Ottoman Architecture |publisher=Thames & Hudson |year=1971 |isbn=0500274290 |location=New York |pages=55–57}} * {{Cite book |last=Kuban |first=Doğan |title=Ottoman Architecture |publisher=Antique Collectors' Club |year=2010 |isbn=9781851496044 |location= |pages=138–141 |language=en |translator-last=Mill |translator-first=Adair}} * {{Cite book |last=Öney |first=Gönül |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x0DdBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT328 |title=Early Ottoman Art: The Legacy of the Emirates |last2=Bulut |first2=Lale |last3=Çakmak |first3=Şakir |last4=Daş |first4=Ertan |last5=Demir |first5=Aydoğan |last6=Demiralp |first6=Yekta |last7=Kuyulu |first7=İnci |last8=Ünal |first8=Rahmi H. |publisher=Museum With No Frontiers |year=2010 |isbn=9783902782212 |edition=2nd |series=Islamic Art in the Mediterranean |language=en |chapter=VIII. 1. c Eski Mosque}}
==External links== {{OSM way}} {{commons category|Old Mosque, Edirne}} * [http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/oldmosque Photographs of the Eski Camii taken by Dick Osseman]
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