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Nuruosmaniye Camii
Fatih Sultan Mehmed conquered Constantinople in 1453. The Ottoman sultanate was finally abolished in 1922. For 469 years, the city now known as Istanbul remained under Ottoman rule. Unsurprisingly, the Ottoman heritage in Istanbul is immense, spanning centuries from the conquest to the establishment of the modern Turkish Republic. Among the most visible and enduring legacies are the Ottoman imperial ...
Of all Ottoman heritage, undoubtedly the most famous are monumental imperial mosques located in Istanbul’s Fatih district such as the Blue, Şehzade and Süleymaniye Mosque. But, due to its superb location in the city, the Nuruosmaniye Mosque is also one more historic structure that every visitor to Istanbul knows.
OTTOMAN IMPERIAL MOSQUES
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OTTOMAN IMPERIAL MOSQUES
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