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Built around the 12th / 13th century as St Akindynos Church, and converted into a mosque after the conquest of 1461. It's still in use.
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This was probably the first mosque built in the captured city, in 1470 on the acropolis. It was restored in the 19th century and the minaret added in the 1960s.
Large walk-through aquarium.
Built in its present form in 1577, this is no longer in use, replaced by a larger modern mosque adjacent.
Church of Saint Eugenius
Built in the 13th century as a church dedicated to Saint Eugenius, the patron saint of the city. Eugenius was a martyr under the persecutions of Diocletian around 305 AD. His holy intercession supposedly saved the city from Turkish assault in 1224, but did nothing to halt the conquest by Mehmet in 1461. The church was thereafter converted to a mosque, which remains in use and is only open for prayer times.
Founded in 1514 by Selim, then governor and later Sultan, in honour of his mother. Gulbahar Hatun (1453-1505) was originally a slave girl and became the concubine of Bayezid II; her tomb is here. The mosque was repaired in 1883.
Peaceful colourful park above the city.