Day 96: Yildiz Hamidiye Mosque

Originally we would like to visit the palace nearby. But it was forbidden to visit as it turned to a military base. We then visited this mosque. It was an Ottoman Imperial mosque commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II, and constructed between 1884 and 1886. This was the first mosque that we visited that Chris and I have to enter separately due to gender.Baca lagi