Probably the most elegant and picturesque mosque in Istanbul, the Ortaköy mosque sits on the Bosphorus itself, with the massive Bosphorus bridge arching across the channel behind it.Comissioned by Sultan Abdülmecid, and built from 1854-56 by the Armenian architect Nigoğayos Balyan, the Ortaköy mosque epitomizes Neo-Baroque style.
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