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Şah Melek Mosque

Edirne, Italy

Şah Melek Mosque

Shah Melek Mosque is an Ottoman-era mosque located in Edirne, Turkey. It was built in 1429 by Shah Melek Pasha, who served as the Rumeli Beylerbey during the reigns of Ottoman sultans Mehmed I and Murad II. During the Balkan War, its minaret was destroyed when it was hit by a cannonball. It is a rec

tangular-plan masonry structure. It has a single dome and a single minaret.

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