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Selimiye Mosque, Konya, Turkey

is an example of the Ottomanstyle of mosque from the great period of Ottoman architecture..Its founder was Sultan Selim II ("the Sot," 1566-74), who endowed the mosque while he was still an Ottoman prince and governor of the province of Konya. It was finished after he became sultan.

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Uploaded on June 15, 2011
Taken on September 1, 2010