Tesvikiye Mosque in Istanbul

The Tesvikiye Mosque is a Neo-Baroque building located in Istanbul, Turkey.It was built in 1794 by order of Sultan Selim III, but most of the current mosque was completed already in 1854 during the reign of Sultan Abdulmechit I. It was designed by Krikor Balyan, of the famed family of Armenian architects. during this time…
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