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  • Süleymaniye Mosque

  • Süleymaniye Mosque

    Süleymaniye Mosque is a historic mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built between 1550-1557 AD on the order of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan. The mosque was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985 as part of Historic Areas of Istanbul.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Historic Areas of Istanbul.
    World Heritage Site
    Süleymaniye Mosque
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    Süleymaniye Mosque
    by User:Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
    Süleymaniye Mosque
    by Ihsan Deniz Kilicoglu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 52 m

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    Süleymaniye Mosque

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1985

    mosque

    Mosques and Islamic Buildings

    Location

    Turkey

    Istanbul

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    16th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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