Supporting Pillars of the Süleymaniye Mosque

Item

Title

Supporting Pillars of the Süleymaniye Mosque

Description

These granite pillars support a significant amount of the downward force of the weight of the dome and the rest of the structure.

Creator

Mimar Sinan

Temporal Coverage

1550-1557

Spatial Coverage

Istanbul, Turkey

Type

Photograph

Date Created

1985

Source

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1523086.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A78675fd28b476895ba3ccbb1ac33efc8&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&origin=&initiator=&acceptTC=1

Contributor

Jackson Dobslaw

Rights

Public Domain

Item sets

Site pages

Granite Pillars of the Süleymaniye Mosque