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Selimiye Mosque

Mimar Sinan Caddesi, Edirne

To see the Selimiye is to experience the legendary architect Sinan’s greatest aesthetic achievement. It is arguably the finest building the Renaissance ever produced, and its scale, in contrast to the Süleymaniye’s, is princely, not imperial. The building sits imposingly on a terrace above the centre of town, approached by a staircase from the covered market that was built shortly after the mosque. Le Corbusier described it as “a tiara of great splendour”.

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