Historic building· Eyüpsultan, İstanbul

Semiz Ali Paşa Çeşmesi

Semiz Ali Paşa Çeşmesi is a historic building in Eyüpsultan, İstanbul; Date of construction: AH 966 / AD 1558-1559.

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Source: Kültür Envanteri · Wikidata This information is compiled from the sources shown.

Date of construction: AH 966 / AD 1558-1559. Its inscription: He had it built and dug in nine hundred sixty-six, leaving no chronogram; the grand vizier of Sultan Süleyman, and he without peer. For the souls of Hasan and Hüseyin he made a pleasing public fountain; its flowing from two sides is, in truth, a witness to that. In the year one thousand thirteen, knowing its origin, I, Bülbüli, said the chronogram: Lavishing his wealth, you built this graceful fountain, Ali Paşa.

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