Green Mosque, Bursa, Turkey
The Green Mosque (Turkish: Yeşil Camii), also known as the Mosque of Mehmed I, is a mosque and dervish lodge (zawiye) built by Ottoman sultan…
History
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Şemsi Pasha Mosque, Turkey)
The Şemsi Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Şemsi Paşa Camii, also spelled Chamsi-Pasha) was designed in 1580 for Grand Vizier Şemsi Ahmet Pasha, according to a design…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex, Turkey)
The Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex (Turkish: Kılıç Ali Paşa Külliyesi) is a mosque complex located near Karaköy, Istanbul, Turkey, across from the Ottoman canon foundry…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Atik Valide Mosque, Turkey)
The Atik Valide Mosque (Turkish: Atik Valide Camii, Eski Valide Camii) is one of Mimar Sinan’s two major mosque complexes in Istanbul. Though not as…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Behram Pasha Mosque, Turkey)
Behrem Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Behrem Paşa Camii, Kurdish: Mizgefta Behram Paşa) is an Ottoman-period mosque in the southwestern quadrant of Diyarbakr’s old walled city in…
Humber Bridge, England
With a span of 1,410 meters, the Humber Bridge is the world’s eighth-largest suspension bridge. It is situated between the Lincolnshire towns of Barton-upon-Humber and…
Bosphorus Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey
The Bosphorus Bridge (Turkish: Boğaziçi Köprüsü), also officially known as the 15 July Martyrs Bridge (Turkish: 15 Temmuz Şehitler Köprüsü) and unofficially known as the…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Ortaköy Mosque, Istanbul)
Sultan Abdülmecid I ordered the Ortaköy Mosque (Turkish: Ortaköy Camii), also known as the Büyük Mecidiye Camii (Grand Imperial Mosque of Sultan Abdülmecid), to be…
Galata Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey
The Galata Bridge (Turkish: Galata Köprüsü, (Turkish pronunciation: ˈɡaɫata cœpɾyˈsy)) is a bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, that spans the Golden Horn from Karaköy in the…
New Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey
The New Mosque, also known as the Yeni Valide Mosque (Turkish: Yeni Cami, Turkish pronunciation: jeni dʒami, originally named the Valide Sultan Mosque (Turkish: Valide…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Laleli Mosque, Turkey)
The Laleli Mosque (Turkish: Laleli Camii, or Tulip Mosque) is a baroque-style Imperial mosque constructed between 1759 and 1763 on Sultan Mustafa III’s order. It…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Nuruosmaniye Mosque, Turkey)
The Nuruosmaniye Mosque (Turkish: Nuruosmaniye Camii) is a traditional Baroque and Rococo style mosque, which was a common style of architecture in the Ottoman Empire…
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