This museum is housed in a handsome building in the Selimye Mosque's külliye (mosque complex; in a medrese in the southeastern corner of the courtyard). It showcases a collection of art and artefacts drawn from mosques and religious buildings in and around Edirne.
Selimiye Foundation Museum
Edirne
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