The architecture called "the art of building a stock exchange" began with this mosque "Green Mosque" or the mosque of Mohammed I, which is part of a large group of buildings and consists of a set of buildings, including a mosque and a school and a public kitchen and public bath.
This mosque was built at a time when civil wars were at the end of their time and peace was beginning to return to the region. The mosque was built in December 1419 or January 1420. The architect who built the mosque was the minister Hazki Ivaz Pasha. The artists who created the decorations were Ali ibn Elias and Mohamed Almqnen.
When the Green Mosque was exposed to an earthquake in 1855, the Ottomans renovated the mosque completely, and was supervised by architect Léon Parvillée. The architect survived the mosque but had little experience with modern Ottoman architecture.
The mosque had two minarets that had been added to it after it was built. It was built in the European baroque style that prevailed at the time and can only be reached through the Sultan's residence or by climbing the twisted staircase in the mosque.
