Ottoman architecture

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Muqarnas

Muqarnas (Arabic: مقرنص‎; Persian: مقرنس‎) is a form of ornamented vaulting in Islamic architecture, the "geometric subdivision of a squinch,…

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Liwan

Liwan (Arabic: ليوان‎, from Persian eyvān) is a word used since ancient times into the present to refer to a…

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Ottoman architecture

Ottoman architecture is the architecture of the Ottoman Empire which emerged in Bursa and Edirne in 14th and 15th centuries.…

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First national architectural movement

The First national architectural movement (Turkish: Birinci Ulusal Mimarlık Akımı), also referred to in Turkey as the National architectural Renaissance…

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