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Hagia Sophia is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica,  later a mosque,  now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. From the date of its dedication in 360 until 1453,  it served as the cathedral of Constantinople except between 1204 and 1261, when it was the cathedral of the Latin empire.

The building was a mosque from 29 May

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The Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii) is a grand mosque, which was built on the order of Sultan Süleyman I (Suleiman the Magnificent) and was constructed by the great Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan.

The construction work began in 1550 and the mosque was finished in 1557.

It is considered to be a kind of architectural answer to the

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Also known as the Blue Mosque, because of its interior blue ottoman tile works.

This imperial mosque built 1609-1616, is an example of classical Turkish architecture and it is the only mosque that was originally built with six minarets.

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