Sights
Some historical sites in Babaeski are:
Eski Cami (The Old Mosque) built during the Mehmet the Conqueror period in 1467. It is still in use.
Cedid Ali Paşa Camii was built by the great architect, Sinan, during the period of Süleyman the Magnificent in 1555. It is built in the style of the great Selimiye Mosque in Edirne which is also designed by Sinan. It was destroyed by the Bulgarian army during the Balkan Wars and was later reconstructed. It is also still open for worship.
Dördüzlü Çeşme (The Tetrahedral Fountain) was built in the 17th century. It has four sides and a dome centered in a square.
Babaeski Bridge was built in 1633 during the period of Murad the 4th. It is part of D-100 international highway and is still used.
The Bath is built in the classical single dome style. It is also still used.
Atatürk Elementary School was built by the then sub-governor (kaymakam) Tevfik Gür in 1914. It is a one story building with wooden roof and Turkish style eaves. It now serves as the vocational school of the University of Thrace.
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“We may have civilized bodies and yet barbarous souls. We are blind to the real sights of this world; deaf to its voice; and dead to its death. And not till we know, that one grief outweighs ten thousand joys will we become what Christianity is striving to make us.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
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“You shall see men you never heard of before, whose names you don’t know,... and many other wild and noble sights before night, such as they who sit in parlors never dream of.”
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