The Blue Mosque, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey
by Neale And Judith Clark
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The Blue Mosque, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey
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Neale And Judith Clark
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Photograph - Photography
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The Blue Mosque or Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Sultan Ahmet Camii) with five main domes, six minarets and eight small domes stands on the Istanbul skyline Sultanahmet ,central Istanbul with the Bosphorus straits behind, Istanbul Turkey
Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultan Ahmet Camii), also known as the Blue Mosque, is an Ottoman-era mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. A functioning mosque, it also attracts large numbers of tourist visitors. It was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains Ahmed's tomb, a madrasah and a hospice. Hand-painted blue tiles adorn the mosque’s interior walls, and at night the mosque is bathed in blue as lights frame the mosque’s five main domes, six minarets and eight secondary domes
Alamy reference D55EH8
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January 14th, 2020
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