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İstanbul (historical Byzantine) walls

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Irish pub İstanbul/ Taksim

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İstanbul

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Sarayburnu

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Tophane is the place where the cannons used in the Ottoman period were manufactured.

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Galata Tower

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Galataport is a resting and shopping place...

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Galata Bridge "Galata Köprüsü" İstanbul

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Yeni Cami "New mosque"

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Sultan Beyazıt II Mosque Complex guesthouse

This is Edirne's most complete mosque complex, with the compound's original hospital, medical school, and guesthouse buildings still preserved.

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Sultan Beyazıt II Mosque Complex

This is Edirne's most complete mosque complex, with the compound's original hospital, medical school, and guesthouse buildings still preserved.

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Health Museum

Edirne's Health Museum, featuring displays and dioramas on Ottoman-era health practices.

This hospital, specializing in psychiatric illnesses, operated from 1488 to 1909.

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Üç Şerefeli (Three Balconies) Mosque

The mosque's four minarets are its most famous feature.

All are uniquely designed with red and white stone, in various checker, star, and spiral patterns, so that they deliberately don't match each other.

Built in 1447 during the reign of Sultan Murad II

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Old Mosque Complex

Edirne's Old Mosque (Eski Cami) is often overshadowed by the Selimiye Mosque but is well worth a visit.

This is the earliest Ottoman Imperial mosque in Edirne, dating from 1414.

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Selimiye mosque at the night

Once the Roman city of Adrianople, Edirne became capital of the Ottoman Empire in 1363

Edirne's most famous landmark is this Ottoman Imperial mosque, built by the famed architect Sinan for Sultan Selim II in 1574.

it's a UNESCO World Heritage site

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Selimiye mosque from outside

Once the Roman city of Adrianople, Edirne became capital of the Ottoman Empire in 1363

Edirne's most famous landmark is this Ottoman Imperial mosque, built by the famed architect Sinan for Sultan Selim II in 1574.

it's a UNESCO World Heritage site

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Selimiye mosque

Once the Roman city of Adrianople, Edirne became capital of the Ottoman Empire in 1363

Edirne's most famous landmark is this Ottoman Imperial mosque, built by the famed architect Sinan for Sultan Selim II in 1574.

it's a UNESCO World Heritage site