The mosque was built by Mimar Sinan for Mustafa Paşa, who served as treasurer under Süleyman the Magnificent and Selim II. It has no inscription, so the date of building is not certain.
Evliya Çelebi praised it. Its dome came down in the earthquake of 1752 and was not rebuilt for another hundred and twenty years. The qibla and side faces of the prayer hall are built in alternating courses, with nine windows in three rows on each of those faces.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Edirne as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 2.8 °C in January to 24.8 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (71 mm) and lightest in August (23 mm). Long-term means for 1930-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
