08.30
start from your hotel and we turn back around
18.00 to your hotel.
Eski
Camii, was built of cut stone and brick 1402-14
with fine white marble portal and decorative
calligraphy on the interior walls and pillars.
Üç Serefeli Camii, the name of
the mosque derived from the three balconies
on the southeast minaret. Each balcony is
reached by a separate stairway. The decorative
tile designs on the minarets are all different.
The minarets were the most important development
in the structure of the mosque in the fifteenth
century.
Selimiye
Mosque Edirne's crowning glory, was built
for Selim II, (1566-74) by Sinan who was the
architect of the Abode of Felicity for 50
years. It was the masterpiece of Sinan's old
age. The symmetrical design strongly emphasised
by the four minarets and the soaring rise
of the central dome.
Lunch
Semiz
Ali Pasa Arasta is also the work of Sinan.
Completed in 1589, it is a long tunnel-like
building with shops on both sides. Here you
may buy one of Edirne's specialities, soap
shaped like fruit or vegetables.
Meric bridge (New Bridge) constructed at the
junction of Meriç and Arda rivers between
1842 - 1847.
Kule
Kapisi (12 C Tower Gate) is all that remains
of the tower which once protected the principal
gate of the citadel. It was rebuilt by the
Byzantine emperor John Comnenus II (1118-43)
as part of his repair of the Hadrianic defensive
system.
Beyazit
Kulliyesi is the largest in Edirne, the complex
had a mosque and an hospital which was famous
for the skill of its surgeons. In the octogonal,
domed timarhane the insane were treated by
musical therapy.
Tour
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