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Being the world's largest barracks of it time, it was where
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commissioned the rebuilding of the barracks in stone in 1825 and the work was completed on 6 February 1828. During the reign of Sultan
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with 37 volunteer nurses. They cared for thousands of wounded and infected soldiers until she returned home in 1857 as a heroine.
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Today, the northernmost tower of the barracks houses a small museum partly in memory of
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An 1856 lithograph of the
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790:Paşalimanı
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