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Süleymaniye


Süleymaniye
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Suleymaniye Mosque

It was built on the order of sultan Suleiman I (*Suleiman the Magnificent 1495-1566) and was constructed by the great Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan. The construction work began in 1550 and the mosque was finished in 1557.

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