İSTANBUL (TURKEY)My Daily Travel PHOTO Suleymaniye Mosque and Suleymaniye Hamam

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The Süleymaniye crowns one of İstanbul's seven hills and dominates the Golden Horn, providing a landmark for the entire city. Though it's not the largest of the Ottoman mosques, it is certainly one of the grandest and most beautiful. It's also unusual in that many of its original külliye (mosque complex) buildings have been retained and sympathetically adapted for reuse.

Perched upon the third of İstanbul's seven hills, contributing to its skyline, and overlooking the sea is one of the city’s most prominent landmarks, the stunning Süleymaniye Mosque, or the mosque of Suleiman the Magnificent. While there are countless beautiful mosques in Turkey such as the renowned Blue Mosque, the Süleymaniye Mosque is one of its most impressive. It is one of the grandest of mosques in Istanbul, making it an attraction visited by millions. Apart from its beauty, a noteworthy fact about the Ottoman imperial mosque, which was built between 1550 and 1557, is that it also witnessed numerous significant historical events, thus making it a bucket list spot for history buffs from around the world.

Mausoleums with the octagonal tomb of Suleyman, along and his wife Haseki Hürrem Sultan’s tomb, as well as that of the architect Sinan, and a number of other royalty can be found in a cemetery within the compound's garden.