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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:The ancient Argos Theater was built in 320 BC. and is located in Argos, Greece against Larissa Hill. Nearby from this site is Agora, Roman Odeon, and the Baths of Argos. The theater is one of the largest architectural developments in Greece and was renovated in ca 120 AD.
The Hellenistic theater at Argos is cut into the hillside of the Larisa, with 90 steps up a steep incline, forming a narrow rectilinear cavea. Among the largest theaters in Greece, it held about 20,000 spectators and is divided by two landings into three horizontal sections. Staircases further divide the cavea into four cunei, corresponding to the tribes of Argos A high wall was erected to prevent unauthorized access into the theatron and may have helped the acoustics, but it is said the sound quality is still very good today.
Around 120 CE, both theaters were renovated in the Roman style.