Payas Sokullu Mehmet Pasha Complex
According to the rumor, Sokullu Mehmet Pasha, the grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire, known as much as the sultans, was recruited at the age of 14 and brought to Topkapı Palace. While traveling this long road, they get tired and stop in Lüleburgaz. A woman living there gives Sokullu Mehmet Pasha something to eat. Even if Sokullu rises in the state, he does not forget this favor and wants a social complex to be built in Lüleburgaz. During the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, Mimar Sinan, one of the greatest architects in history, lived. The rest is known; Built in 1569, a magnificent complex that still stands today adorns the silhouette of Lüleburgaz. A mosque, a madrasa and a cloister with a towel, a fountain, an arasta and prayer dome, a caravanserai, a soup kitchen, a primary school, a double bath, and the Zindan Baba Tomb are the main structures that complete the complex.
