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The Üç Şerefeli Mosque was commissioned by Ottoman sultan Murad II, and built between 1438 and 1447. When first built the dome was the largest in any Ottoman building. The mosque was severely damaged by fire in 1732 and by an earthquake in 1748 but was repaired on the order of Mahmut I.
The Üç Şerefeli Mosque marked a major shift in mosque design. Unlike earlier mosques, it features a nearly square layout split between a domed prayer hall and a courtyard with a central fountain, surrounded by arcades.
Its massive central dome (24-27 meters wide) was the largest in Ottoman architecture at the time, and the mosque's four minarets, especially the southwestern one with three balconies, gave it its name ('Three-Balconied Mosque'). The tall minarets and cascading domes hint at the style of later imperial mosques.
Heavily damaged by an earthquake in 1752, it was partially rebuilt. The mosque’s design is seen as a bridge between early Ottoman styles and the classical architecture that followed, combining earlier Anatolian elements into one unified, innovative plan.
The two blue and turquoise underglaze-painted tile panels in the tympana of the windows were probably produced by the same group of tilemakers who had decorated the Yeşil Mosque (1419–21) in Bursa. The running pattern of the Chinese influenced floral border tiles is similar to those in the small Muradiye Mosque in Edirne.
References:Rosenborg Palace was built in the period 1606-34 as Christian IV’s summerhouse just outside the ramparts of Copenhagen. Christian IV was very fond of the palace and often stayed at the castle when he resided in Copenhagen, and it was here that he died in 1648. After his death, the palace passed to his son King Frederik III, who together with his queen, Sophie Amalie, carried out several types of modernisation.
The last king who used the place as a residence was Frederik IV, and around 1720, Rosenborg was abandoned in favor of Frederiksborg Palace.Through the 1700s, considerable art treasures were collected at Rosenborg Castle, among other things items from the estates of deceased royalty and from Christiansborg after the fire there in 1794.
Soon the idea of a museum arose, and that was realised in 1833, which is The Royal Danish Collection’s official year of establishment.