Selimiye Mosque
The Selimiye Mosque is a mosque in the district of Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey, near the Selimiye Barracks. It was commissioned by Ottoman Sultan Selim III and built between 1801 and 1805.Photo: R Prazeres, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
- Also known as: “Büyük Selimiye Camii”, “Selim Üsküdar Mosque”, and “Selimiye Mosque, Üsküdar”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Selimiye Barracks and Leander Tower.
Selimiye Barracks
Military installation
Photo: Alexxx1979, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Selimiye Barracks, also known as Scutari Barracks, is a Turkish Army barracks located in Selimiye in the Üsküdar district on the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey. Selimiye Barracks is situated 250 metres south of Selimiye Mosque.
Leander Tower
The Maiden's Tower, also known as Leander's Tower since the Byzantine period, is a tower on a small islet at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait, 200 m from the coast of Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey. Leander Tower is situated 1½ km northwest of Selimiye Mosque.
Şakirin Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Tokerm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Şakirin Mosque is a mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. The building is located at one of the entrances of the historic Karacaahmet Cemetery in Üsküdar. It was built by the Semiha Şakir Foundation in memory of İbrahim Şakir and Semiha Şakir and opened on 7 May 2009. Şakirin Mosque is situated 760 metres northeast of Selimiye Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salacak and Koşuyolu.
Salacak
Suburb
Photo: A.Cihan CÖMERTEL, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salacak is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Üsküdar, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 9,522. It is located on the Asian shore of the Bosporus, to the south of the historic center of Üsküdar.
Koşuyolu
Suburb
Koşuyolu is a neighborhood in the municipality and district of Kadıköy, Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Rasimpaşa
Suburb
Photo: Ersinjeofizik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rasimpaşa is a neighborhood in the district of Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey. The population is 12,341. Rasimpaşa is an important historical neighborhood, much of which is registered as an Urban and Historical Protected Area.
Selimiye Mosque
- Categories: historic building, külliye, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.00966° or 41° 0′ 35″ northLongitude
29.01634° or 29° 0′ 59″ eastOpen location code
8GHF2258+VGOpenStreetMap ID
way 237684224OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=mosqueWikidata ID
Q16825097
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Selimiye Mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد السليمية (أوسكودار)”
- Arabic: “مسجد السليمية”
- Chinese: “大塞利米耶清真寺”
- French: “Grande Mosquée Selimiye”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Selim Üsküdar”
- Spanish: “Mezquita Selimiye (Estambul)”
- Spanish: “Mezquita Selimiye”
- Turkish: “Büyük Selimiye Camii”
- Turkish: “Selimiye Camii”
- Turkish: “Üsküdar Selimiye Camii”
- Urdu: “بڑی سلیمانی مسجد”
- Uzbek: “Salimiya masjidi (Üsküdar)”
- Uzbek: “Salimiya masjidi”
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