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…
Architecture
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…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Mihrimah Sultan Mosque, Üsküdar)
The Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Iskele Mosque, Jetty Mosque, Üsküdar Quay Mosque, Turkish: Mihrimah Sultan Camii, İskele Camii) is one of Üsküdar’s most well-known landmarks, and…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Rüstem Pasha Mosque, Turkey)
The Rüstem Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Rüstem Paşa Camii) was built for Rüstem Paşa, Grand Vizier to Süleyman the Magnificent, by the renowned Ottoman architect Mimar…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Şehzade Mosque, Turkey)
The Şehzade Mosque (Turkish: Şehzade Camii, from the original Persian شاهزاده Šāhzādeh, meaning “prince”), also known as the Princes’ Mosque, is a 16th-century Ottoman imperial…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Haseki Sultan Complex, Turkey)
The Haseki Sultan Complex, also known as Hürrem Sultan Complex (Turkish: Haseki Hürrem Sultan Külliyesi) is located in the Haseki region which takes its name…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Muradiye Mosque, Turkey)
Ottoman Sultan Murad II founded the Muradiye Mosque (Turkish: Muradiye Camii) on a hill northeast of the city that overlooks the palace grounds (Sarayiçi) to…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Grand Mosque of Bursa, Turkey)
The Grand Mosque of Bursa (Turkish: Bursa Ulu Camii) one of the city’s oldest mosques, is situated near the markets in the heart of the…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Yavuz Selim Mosque, Istanbul)
The Yavuz Selim Mosque, also known as the Selim I Mosque and the Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque (Turkish: Yavuz Selim Camii), is an Ottoman imperial…
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