Suleymaniye Mosque
Ottoman mosque of three domes, its entrance arch reused from a Christian knight's tomb centuries older.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Suleymaniye Mosque in Rhodes starts with the date every plaque gives for its founding, 1522, then asks why the carved marble archway over its door does not match that story. You'll hear whose masons actually cut that stone, and how it ended up grafted onto a mosque rebuilt centuries later. It also traces the minaret's own collapse and rebuilding, up through a European heritage award in the 2000s.
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