The door is open and the domed prayer hall awaits. Anyone ready to submit to the will of God is welcome. But first you must perform your ablutions, i.e., you must wash. So, dominating the courtyard is the ablutions fountain. The New Valide Mosque is in Üsküdar, the old extra-mural suburb of Constantinople on the Asian side of the Bosporus. [2007]
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