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The Blue Mosque, or Gök Jami, is the only intact mosque remaining of the eight that had once stood in
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of ancient manuscripts is one of the richest libraries in books and manuscripts in the world. It has 17,000 manuscripts with some of them dating from 405, the year that
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had already during his time drawn out the plans for this square but construction did not finish until the 1970s. There is a museum of history in the area.
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real estate projects etc. In addition, the Cascades is sometimes used like an outdoor concert hall as was the case in 2006 with the
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