description Selim I Mosque Overview
The Selim I Mosque, also called the Yavuz Selim Mosque, is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque in Istanbul overlooking the Golden Horn. The complex includes a domed prayer hall, courtyard, charitable buildings, and the tomb of Sultan Selim I, for whom it was commissioned by his son Suleiman I. Its restrained monumental design belongs to the early classical phase of Ottoman architecture and predates the major imperial works associated with Mimar Sinan.
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Is the Selim I Mosque the same as the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne?
No, the Selim I Mosque, or Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque, is in Istanbul, while the Selimiye Mosque is in Edirne. Selimiye was commissioned by Selim II and designed by Mimar Sinan, whereas the Istanbul mosque honors Selim I. [Fatih District](https://fatih.gov.tr/sultan-selim-camii)
Who commissioned the Selim I Mosque in Istanbul?
Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent commissioned the mosque in memory of his father, Selim I, who died in 1520. Construction belongs to the early 1520s, and the entrance inscription records completion in 1522. [Fatih District](https://fatih.gov.tr/sultan-selim-camii)
Was the Selim I Mosque designed by Mimar Sinan?
The mosque is sometimes associated with Sinan, but there is no solid documentary evidence that he designed it. Architectural scholarship points out that its early 1520s construction predates Sinan's documented career as the Ottoman chief architect. [Belleten](https://belleten.gov.tr/eng/full-text/1298/eng)
What can visitors see at the Selim I Mosque?
The complex includes a domed prayer hall, courtyard, charitable buildings and the tomb of Sultan Selim I. It stands on Istanbul's fifth hill in the Fatih district and overlooks the Golden Horn. [Dijital Istanbul](https://dijitalistanbul.org/en/yavuz-sultan-selim-mosque)
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