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Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque: A look into Istanbul's history and architecture

Construction work of the Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque began in 1869, and the mosque was finished in 1871. It was designed by the Italian architect Montani.

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The mosque was designed as a külliye, a complex consisting of a small building in the courtyard of the mosque where an official determined prayer times, a public fountain, tombs, a fountain, a library, and schools. Two minarets consisting of a balcony each were built in the additional building separately from the mosque.