Mimar Sinan - National Geographic Kids

Are you ready to meet the world's first "star architect"?
If so, get ready to discover Mimar Sinan through dozens of illustrations and photographs!

Mimar Sinan is a great architect recognized worldwide for his extraordinary genius. He lived in the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century, served as chief architect to three sultans for 50 of his approximately 100 years of life, and trained dozens of great architects. He was an exemplary person with his trustworthy character and work discipline.

Many of the works he designed and built 500 years ago are still standing today! His architectural style continues to inspire architects and engineers.

With this book, you will learn about Mimar Sinan's:

• Family and childhood,
• Selection as a devşirme and his arrival in Istanbul,
• Years in the military and campaigns with Suleiman the Magnificent,
• Appointment as chief architect and his apprenticeship, journeyman, and master periods,
• The great architects he trained,
• How he is known worldwide and how his name lives on,
• Why he is referred to as the world's first "star architect."