Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Top-Khane square and fountain. Piyale Pasha Mosque. It was built during the reign of Sultan Selim II, under the orders of chief admiral Piyale Pasha in 1573. Engraing by Lemaitre, J. Arnaut and Charles Lalaisse. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840.

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