Jami Mosque Muradiye
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The original in its architecture Jami Mosque Muradiye in Edirne was built in 1435-1436 years by order of Murad II (1421-1451). It is very well located on a hill, which offers breathtaking views of the green valley of the island Sarayichi where formerly stood the Sultan's palace. Now the weather is good you can see from here the city center of Edirne.

Before the Ottoman conquest of the mosque served as a refuge for the sect of dervishes - religious brotherhood, whose members treat people from various diseases spells and prayers, predicted the future, interpret dreams, and sold miraculous amulets. Faith in the monks and their influence was so strong that the heads of the troops often tried to attract the dervishes in their teams to inspire soldiers.

Muradiye Mosque consists of a pair of interconnected gallery, domed halls and performed in traditional architectural "style of Bursa." In the center of one of the rooms is a fountain-shadyrvan intended for ritual ablutions, and the second room is a room for prayer. Right and left of the prayer hall are small rooms - Ava or aivans (which in Persian means "vaulted hall") used as the living quarters for Dervishes Mevlevi. The only minaret of the mosque was destroyed in the earthquake, but was rebuilt again in 1957.

Muradiye Mosque is interesting due to the unique faience tile of the XV century, brought from Iznik, decorating the internal walls of the prayer hall to the upper level of the first row of windows. In addition, it is very well preserved examples of calligraphy. T-shape structure makes it different from most mosques in Turkey. Mihrab of the mosque is lined with tiled stoves. Imaret (charity institution in the Ottoman Empire) and the sauna, located on the territory of the structures date back to the sixteenth century. The mosque has a rather large cemetery.

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