Rose Mosque
is really Gül Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey
Real place, still recognisable
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
A former church by the Golden Horn, with the legend of the roses of 1453.
The real place
Probably the Byzantine church of Hagia Theodosia, turned into a mosque around 1490.
Visiting
An active neighbourhood mosque; visit outside prayer times.
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