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| | Turkish architecture - All About Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | The architectural style which was to take on classical form after the conquest of Istanbul, was born in Bursa and in Edirne. |
 | | The master architect of the classical period, Mimar Sinan, was born in 1492 in Kayseri and died in Istanbul in the year 1588. |
 | | Examples of Ottoman architecture of the classical period, aside from Istanbul and Edirne, can also be seen in Egypt, Tunisia, Algiers, the Balkans and Hungary, where mosques, bridges, fountains and schools were built. |
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