Old Mosque
Eski Camii
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Location
Location	Edirne, Turkey
Location of the mosque in Turkey
Geographic coordinates	41°40′36″N 26°33′21″E / 41.676712°N 26.555704°E / 41.676712; 26.555704
Architecture
Architect(s)	Haci Alaeddin, Ömer bin Ibrahim
Type	Mosque
Style	Ottoman architecture
Groundbreaking	1402
Completed	1414; 610 years ago (1414)
Specifications
Dome(s)	9
Minaret(s)	2

The Old Mosque (Turkish: Eski Camii), also known as Grand Mosque (Turkish: Ulucami),^[1] is an early 15th-century Ottoman mosque in Edirne, Turkey.

History

It was built from the order of 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 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 calligraphy works can be seen.^[1]

Gallery

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  The interior of the mosque
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  Edirne Old Mosque from the front 0198
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  Edirne Old Mosque 0098
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  Edirne Old Mosque 2846
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  Edirne Old Mosque March 2017 2853
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  Mural calligraphy on exterior wall: "Allah"
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  Mural calligraphy on exterior wall: "Muhammad"