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Description: The complex can be considered either the last of the great classical buildings or the first of the new baroque style, having characteristics of both, At the corner of the precinct is a very beautiful sebil in the new rococo style. The mosque is raised on a platform containing a cistern, its form is pure classical. Tiles are not Iznik, but from the recently established kilns at Tekfur Saray. (Info from Strolling through Istanbul, guidebook)
Title: Hekimoglu Ali Pasha Mosque 1340
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