Şemsi Paşa Camii

Şemsi Paşa Camii

Also known as Şemsi Pasha Mosque

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Photo: Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0

Year

1581

Architect

Mimar Sinan

Type

building

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The smallest and most intimate of Mimar Sinan's waterfront works, this little complex sits right at the edge of the Bosphorus in Üsküdar, its seawall lapped by the strait. Completed in 1581 for the vizier Şemsi Ahmed Pasha, it gathers a mos …

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