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The province with the highest number of mosques 3113 was istanbul and the lowest number 117 was tunceli province. The tombs of the sultan his wife hurrem and mimar sinan are found within its compounds. This elegant mosque is one of the three most beautiful mosques of istanbul.

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It is one of the best known sights of istanbul.

Mosques istanbul turkey hdr. Yeni cami new mosque this mosque was ordered by safiye sultan who was the wife of sultan murad iii. The splendid tombs of sultan suleyman the magnificent and his wife hurrem sultan roxelana. In 2007 there were 2944 active mosques in istanbul. Largest of istanbuls imperial mosques the suleymaniye is as impressiveor more sothan the blue mosque.

Istanbul as the capital of the ottoman empire since 1453 and the largest city in the middle east contains a great number of mosques. Zeyrek mosque is selected as 100 most endangered sites of the world by world monuments fund. See more hdr vertorama shots in my galleries. It is claimed to have been built by mimar sinan the famous architect in the name of sultan suleiman.

When the crown prince of suleiman died at the age of 20 due to smallpox suleiman buried his son in the garden of this mosque and dedicated this mosque to him. I used photoshop and photomatix to create it. Nuruosmaniye mihrimah arap atik ali pasa beylerbeyi hirka i serif kalenderhane kilic ali pasa laleli mahmud pasa mihrimah sultan nusretiye rustem pasa sokullu pasa sultan selim sehzade valide etc. This reflected an increase of mosques by 7324 in the 10 year period since 2003.

This 12 shot hdr vertorama was shot in the new mosque yeni camii in istanbul. Other mosques other interesting mosques in the city are. It is situated on the golden horn at the southern end of the galata bridge. It is the largest mosque in istanbul with four minarets but not the largest overall.

In 2007 there were 2944 active mosques in istanbul. There are a lot of mosques in istanbula recent count pegged the number to be just shy of 3000but three of istanbuls mosques really stand outthe blue mosque sultan ahmed mosque and hagia sophia aya sofya in the heart of sultanahmet and suleymaniye looming over the golden hornand it is to these that most visitors understandably flock but many others are scattered throughout the city. In turkish this place is called yeni camii. Well now i am back to creating images more regularly and i am going to end this year with this vertorama shot from the new mosque in istanbul.

This is a list of mosques in turkeyas of march 2013 there were 82693 mosques in turkey.