Sultan Mosque

Sultan Mosque also called Hafsa Sultan Mosque is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque in Manisa, Turkey. The mosque and the adjoining spiritual complicated were constructed in Manisa by using Ayse Hafsa Sultan, the spouse of Sultan Selim I and mom of Suleiman the Magnificent in 1522. The mosque complex includes the mosque, a madrasa, a hospice, an simple faculty, a double bath and a health facility. The mosque is blanketed by means of one principal dome and has 2 minarets. These mosques have square or rectangular plans with an enclosed courtyard and covered prayer corridor. Historically, in the heat Middle Eastern and Mediterranean climates, the courtyard served to house the massive range of worshippers all through Friday prayers.

Frequently, hypostyle mosques have outer arcades in order that traffic can experience the shade. Certain symbols are represented in a mosque's architecture to allude to special elements of the Islamic religion. One of those feature symbols is the spiral. Mosques additionally often have floral patterns or pictures of fruit and vegetables. These are allusions to the paradise after loss of life.