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SÜLEYMANİYE MOSQUE
The Süleymaniye crowns one of İstanbul's seven hills and dominates the Golden Horn (Haliç), provid-
ing a landmark for the entire city. Though it's not the largest of the Ottoman mosques, it is certainly
one of the grandest and it is unusual in that many of its original
külliye
(mosque complex) buildings
have been retained and sympathetically adapted for reuse.
DON'T MISS
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Mosque
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Türbes
(tombs)
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Külliye
(mosque complex)
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View from terrace
PRACTICALITIES
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Prof Sıddık Sami Onar Caddesi
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Beyazıt-Kapalı Çarşı
Commissioned by Süleyman I, known as 'The Magnificent', the Süleymaniye was the
fourth imperial mosque built in İstanbul and it certainly lives up to its patron's nickname.
The mosque and its surrounding buildings were designed by Mimar Sinan, the most famous
and talented of all imperial architects.
The Mosque
