Event details

name
Valens aqueduct bridge – Expansion (Bayezid II/Suleiman I, Sinan)
event type
Expansion
start date
1520
end date
1566
date comments
Date is based on the reign of Suleiman I.
installations
persons
Bayezid II - Restorer (1481-1512), Sinan - Builder, Suleiman the Magnifficent - Builder (1520-1566)
description

Earlier reparations and extensions were done by Bayezid II and Suleiman, among which were reparations after the earthquake of 1509.

Arches 47-51 also seem to have been restored.
comments
Müller-Wiener refers to Joseph v. Hammer-Purgstall, Geschichte des osmanischen Reiches II, 349; ibidem III, 209.