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Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque
Of all Ottoman heritage in Istanbul, surely the most visible are monumental imperial mosques. The biggest complexes are from the 16th and 17th century, although mosques built in the 18th and 19th century are equally significant. Fatih Sultan Mehmed constructed two big mosque complexes in the 15th century, right after he conquered Constantinople. But these two original complexes were destroyed by earthquakes ...
Of all Ottoman heritage in Istanbul, monumental Ottoman imperial mosques are the most important and most visible. The biggest and most impressive complexes are from the 16th and 17th century, although mosques built in the 18th and 19th century are equally significant and beautiful.
OTTOMAN IMPERIAL MOSQUES
These historic structures were commissioned by ...
OTTOMAN IMPERIAL MOSQUES
These historic structures were commissioned by ...
I mentioned in my previous post that one reason why I like Istanbul is because of its history. Certainly, initially known as Byzantium, then Constantinople and Istanbul, it was the centre of power and capital city of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires for almost 16 centuries. But Ottoman structures are the most visible today, although several buildings older than 1000 years are still there, such as ...
