"Exploring a district devoted to the dead: Eyüp, Istanbul
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Fatih Sultan Mehmed had a shrine built here and then a mosque. Thise proved to be a popular religious site so much so that Eyüp is now considered the third holiest shrine in Islam after Mecca and Jerusalem, and pilgrims throughout the centuries have come here "
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