Selimiye Mosque construction
· Selimiye Mosque, Edirne, Turkey

Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International · file Sinan worked on Selim II’s imperial mosque in Edirne, the building he identified as the culmination of his architectural career. Construction began in 1568. The autobiography directly identifies Sinan's work on the mosque at Edirne; the exact commencement year is corroborated by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.