Mimar Sinan
c. 1490–1588 CEمعمار سنانChief architect of the Ottoman Empire
- Field
- Architecture
- City
- Istanbul
Over about fifty years he designed hundreds of buildings, including the Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul and the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne.
His domed mosques defined classical Ottoman architecture.
Prepared from standard sources; pending scholar review.