HISTORICAL MOSQUE IN TURKEY SULEYMANIYE || SULTAN SULEYMAN & HURREM SULTAN MAUSOLEUMS

The Süleymaniye mosque is an Ottoman imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent and designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan.
An inscription specifies the foundation date as 1550 and the inauguration date as 1557. In this mosque we can find the mausoleums of Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Hurrem Sultan.
For 462 years, the Süleymaniye Mosque was the largest mosque in the city, until it was surpassed by the Çamlıca Mosque in 2019. The Süleymaniye Mosque is one of the best-known sights of Istanbul, and from its location on the Third Hill, it commands an extensive view of the city around the Golden Horn.
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