5. claude.attard.bezzina
...built hundreds of buildings including
mosques, palaces, chapels, tombs, schools, almshouses,
madrassahs, fountains, aqueducts and hospitals.
6. Sinan learnt his father's trade at his youth
but he was snatched from his family and
taken to work for the Caliph court.
7. With the skills learnt at an early age,
he quickly developed his career of
architect from his military service at
the Janissary Corps (Turkish Military).
8. His travels with the army through a vast geographical
region extending from Anatolia to Italy, Central Europe,
Baghdad enriched his architectural knowledge.
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9. The synthesis of this knowledge was reflected in his
famous constructions as seen in his chief work the
Suleymaniyye Mosque (1550-1557)
10. Sinan has been compared to Michelangelo of the
European Renaissance
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