. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . DOMA —thk s ^^.IlIz K|ii~K MAMIDIEH JAM .MOSQUE. gives approach to the Bosphorus by means of marble steps and quay. The palace of Tcheragan cost $30,000,000 and is built with the best ofmarble. We are left, however, to dream of its su mptuous interior as noth-ing remains of the decorations andfurnishings which cost millions. ii. ?-Elected by the Sultan Abdul-Aziz,according to Edmondo de Amicis, itreminded one of the Alhambra, bar-ren and endless are the rooms, andn


. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . DOMA —thk s ^^.IlIz K|ii~K MAMIDIEH JAM .MOSQUE. gives approach to the Bosphorus by means of marble steps and quay. The palace of Tcheragan cost $30,000,000 and is built with the best ofmarble. We are left, however, to dream of its su mptuous interior as noth-ing remains of the decorations andfurnishings which cost millions. ii. ?-Elected by the Sultan Abdul-Aziz,according to Edmondo de Amicis, itreminded one of the Alhambra, bar-ren and endless are the rooms, andnothing to evidence its former beautybut the charming vistas over thewater. A palace but not a palaceis the Yildiz Kiosk—built and re-built for the past thirty years—itresembles a veritable city. Little can be said of the modernarchitecture, one or two views beingshown to illustrate its of the more recent mosoueshave features of architectural interestand picture to us in a realistic man-ner their religious nature.


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