Yeni Cami

Creator

Doug Howard

Subject

Mosques -- Turkey -- Istanbul
Architecture, Islamic -- Turkey -- Istanbul

Description

Yeni Valide Sultan Camii, Mosque of the New Valide Sultan (Queen Mother), at the end of the Galata Bridge in the Eminonu district of Istanbul. Commissioned 1597 by Safiye, mother of Mehmed III, from the architect Davud Aga (d. 1599), pupil of Sinan. Completed 1663 under supervision of Turhan, mother of Mehmed IV, by architect Mustafa Aga.

Original Date

1982

Digitized Date

Wed, 10/03/2001

Original Media

image

Original Format

image/slide

Digital Format

image/tif 800dpi

Local Identifier

dh226

Source

Doug Howard

Copyright

Doug Howard