16/10/2010

sinan


Near the spice bazaar is this small mosque designed by
the great Mimar Sinan,
it achieves a sense of peaceful silence.
Perhaps this happens over centuries, or is it built in?



There is an intimacy of scale that surely fulfills the purpose
of its space. Somehow the eccentric patch-up right doesn't
interrupt the flow. Sadly, the large Suleymaniye Camii was
closed for restoration, during my visit
but the Rustem Pasa Camii consoled me.


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