A fact from Ottoman embassy to France (1533) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 November 2009 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the 1533 Ottoman embassy to France was sent by Barbarossa to visit the French king Francis I in the Auvergne city of Le Puy-en-Velay? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/November.

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From the tone and development of this article, it appears that the key word used (many times) should be "legation", or perhaps "mission", rather than "embassy". The use of "embassy" to mean an ambassadorial staff is far down the list of definitions (not to mention the absurd imagery of a building doing all those things!). -- Piledhigheranddeeper ( talk) 18:57, 10 November 2009 (UTC) reply