Sulaymaniyya Takiyya
Damascus, Syria
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The Sulaymaniyya Takiyya in Damascus, Syria, is an Ottoman külliye commissioned by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and designed by the renowned architect Mimar Sinan. Built between 1554 and 1559 on the right bank of the Barada River, its western structure established Ottoman architectural style in Damascus—a pioneering role that distinguished it from earlier Ottoman buildings in the city. A madrasa, later known as the Salimiyya Madrasa after Suleiman's son Selim II, was added to the complex eastward in 1566. Over the centuries, the takiyya served as a crucial waystation on the Syrian pilgrimage route to Mecca and remains regarded as the most important Ottoman cultural building in Damascus. The complex's cemetery holds the tomb of Mehmed VI, the last Ottoman sultan, who was exiled following the sultanate's abolition in 1922.
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Movement
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- Type
- külliye, Ottoman tekke
- Place
- Damascus, Syria
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