What is Mimar Sinan famous for building?

I am known for my designs of mosques, imarets, madrasas, hospitals, bridges, and caravanserais, over three hundred structures in total. My most celebrated works, the Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul and the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, stand as testaments to my craft. The Süleymaniye, built for Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, embodies a harmonious balance between grandeur and human scale, with light pouring in from countless windows. The Selimiye, for Sultan Selim II, pushes the boundaries of the dome's engineering, aiming to create a single, unbroken space, a celestial canopy. Each building is a prayer made visible, a reflection of divine order in stone.

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