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Süleymaniye Mosque

The Süleymaniye Mosque is an imperial mosque in Istanbul built for Suleiman the Magnificent by the architect Mimar Sinan in the 1550s. It is one of the largest and most celebrated works of Ottoman architecture. Accounts of the Ottoman Empire cite it as a high point of Sinan's architectural programme.

Süleymaniye Mosque
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Süleymaniye Mosque. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/suleymaniye-mosque
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“Süleymaniye Mosque.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/suleymaniye-mosque. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Süleymaniye Mosque.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/suleymaniye-mosque.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Süleymaniye Mosque’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/suleymaniye-mosque (Accessed: ).

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