Architecture / Madrasa and külliye (complex)
Sokollu Mehmed Paşa Complex
Lüleburgaz, Kırklareli
A staging complex with an arasta and prayer dome, commissioned from Mimar Sinan by Sokollu Mehmed Paşa.
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Its story
According to its gate inscription, the complex was commissioned from Mimar Sinan by Sokollu Mehmed Paşa in 1569–70. Designed as a staging post on the Edirne–Istanbul road, the group included a mosque, a madrasa, a primary school (sıbyan mektebi), a caravanserai, a soup kitchen (imaret), a double hammam and an arasta with fifty-nine shops. The caravanserai and soup kitchen were demolished in 1935; the mosque, madrasa, prayer dome and part of the arasta have survived. The mosque, whose minaret was destroyed in the Balkan War, was later repaired.
Key facts
- Period
- Ottoman, 1569–1570
- Architect
- Mimar Sinan
Trip purpose
- Free
- Photography
Location
41.40750, 27.35139
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokollu_Mehmed_Pa%C5%9Fa_Camii_%28L%C3%BCleburgaz%29 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokollu_Mehmed_Pasha_Mosque%2C_L%C3%BCleburgaz | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38174028