List of Ottoman domes

This is a list of Ottoman domes. The Ottomans were one of the main builders in the history of architecture to use the potential of domes for the creation of large and well-defined interior spaces. Domes were introduced in a number of Ottoman building types such as mosquess, madrasas, türbes. The largest domes were built for mosques. The large dome combined with slender minarets resulted in the famous silhouette of a typical Ottoman city.

Monumental domes began to appear in the 14th century in the Ottoman capital Bursa, in the 15th century in Edirne and after the conquest of Constantinople in Istanbul. Monumental domes were also built across the provinces in the Ottoman Empire. Along with the minaret the dome is one of the most important elements of an Ottoman mosque.

Domes

Diameter ⌀		Name, Part	Location	Built	Comments/ Other characteristics
m	ft
31.25	102.5	Selimiye Mosque	Edirne	1574	Largest Ottoman dome.
26	85.3	Fatih Mosque, Istanbul	Istanbul	1470
26	85.3	Süleymaniye Mosque	Istanbul	1558
25	82.0	Nuruosmaniye Mosque	Istanbul	1755
24.5	80.4	Yavuz Selim Mosque	Istanbul	1522
24	78.7	Üç Şerefeli Mosque	Edirne	1447
23.5	77.1	Sultan Ahmed Mosque	Istanbul	1616
20	65.6	Mihrimah Mosque	Istanbul	1565
19	62.3	Şehzade Mosque	Istanbul	1548
17.5	57.4	New Mosque (Istanbul)	Istanbul	1665
17	55.8	Bayezid II Mosque	Istanbul	1506
15	49.2	Banya Bashi Mosque	Sofia, Bulgaria	1566
12.5	41.0	Yeşil Mosque	Bursa	1421

See also

• List of world's largest domes
• Ottoman architecture