The Mihrimah Sultan Mosque, in the Edirnekapı neighbourhood, was built between 1563 and 1570 on the Sixth Hill of the city. The mosque was commissioned by Mihrimah Sultan, the daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent, and designed by the chief imperial architect Mimar Sinan. This is the second and largest of the two mosques with the same name. Another Mihrimah Sultan Mosque, built two decades earlier, can be found in the Üsküdar district.
The Rüstem Pasha Mosque was designed by imperial architect Mimar Sinan and completed in 1563. It was built after the death of Grand Vizier Rüstem Pasha, who was the husband of Mihrimah Sultan, one of the daughters of Suleiman the Magnificent. T
The Süleymaniye Mosque is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey.
The Neve Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul is a Sephardi synagogue built between 1949 and 1951 by architects Elio Ventura and Bernard Motola. This brick building still serves as a synagogue.
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