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Valide-i Cedid Mosque
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 Ottoman imperial mosques are all over the city, such as the Yeni Valide Mosque that, together with the Mihrimah Sultan Mosque, greets you upon your arrival to Üsküdar.
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