Konya's Selimiye
Camii (mosque), right
next to the Mevlâna
Museum, is an
example of the Ottoman style
of mosque from the great period
of Ottoman architecture..
Its founder was Sultan Selim
II ("the Sot," 1566-74),
who endowed the mosque while
he was still an Ottoman prince
and governor of the province
of Konya. It was finished after
he became sultan.
If you've visited Istanbul,
you will notice the similarity
to other Ottoman mosques, although
this one is smaller and not as
finely proportioned.
A curiosity is the spire on
the mimber (the
wooden pulpit): it's shaped like
the cylindrical green tiled dome
over the tomb
of Mevlana Jelaleddin Rumî,
as shown in the photo to the right.
In the historic photo below,
men sit beside the Selimiye Mosque
beneath a sign that reads: "It
is forbidden to sit beside the
mosque."
Well, they aren't
dummies. That's where the sun
is! |
