The Şah Melek mosque sits in a courtyard that lies two to two and a half metres below the level of the road, with a burial ground in the garden.
It is rectangular. The north-east face is built entirely of cut stone while the others alternate stone and brick. The south-west and south-east faces each have four windows, two below and two above; the north-west has only the two upper windows, and the north-east has three below and two above.
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).
