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Selimiye Barracks This gigantic building which is located in Scutari on the Asian side of Istanbul was completed by architect Kirkor Balyan during the Sultan Selim as military barracks. It has four wings, three floors, large parade ground in the center and four towers at the corners. During the Crimean war, a part of the barracks was used as military hospital and it was here famous British nurse Florence Nightingale worked to cure soldiers wounded at the Crimean war. |
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