Sunday, October 31, 2010

Edirne mosques

Edirne was the second capital city of the Ottoman Empire after Bursa and before Istanbul. There are a lot of mosques, and I saw three of them: the Selimiye, Eski Cami, and Uc Serefeli. It is true what they say about the Selimiye being the most elegant building in the country. It is stunning. I went in time to the noon ezan, when a large group of imams and their wives arrived for a special service. Just before they arrived, one woman was sitting in meditation.

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