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The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, also known by its official name, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultan Ahmet Camii), is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was constructed between 1609 and 1617 during the rule of Ahmed I and remains a functioning mosque today.
Apr 23, 2024 · Known for having six minarets (rather than the standard four) and for its many domes and semidomes, the building became known as the Blue Mosque for the color of its interior, but it is in fact properly known as the Sultan Ahmed Mosque—named after Sultan Ahmed I, who ordered its construction.
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The Sultan Ahmet Mosque, popularly known as the Blue Mosque, was completed in 1617 just prior to the untimely death of its then 27-year old eponymous patron, Sultan Ahmet I. The mosque dominates Istanbul’s majestic skyline with its elegant composition of ascending domes and six slender soaring. minarets.
- Why don't we have video about The Blue Mosque? I think it would be very interesting.you can watch video here https://www.facebook.com/irfanstraveldiary/videos/vb.677468295657769/881655698572360/?type=2&theater I made it with my camera
- In the photo of the Blue Mosque minaret there appear to be a pair of wires or cables attached to the...They are for Mahya's. In the month of Ramazan which Muslim people are fasting, there is a tradition called "Mahya". Some mosques writes beautiful s...
- do the cords hanging from the central dome hold up that massive chandelier?Yes, it pretty much looks like they do! Incredible, isn't it?
Begun in 1606, the Blue Mosque is actually called the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii) after the ruler who commissioned it, Sultan Ahmet I. Then not yet twenty years of age, Ahmet I was determined to build a mosque to rival the Hagia Sofia.
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The Sultanahmet Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii) was built between 1609 and 1617 and is also known as the Blue Mosque because of the blue tiles used to decorate the walls of its interior. The construction was commissioned by Sultan Ahmet I.
Dec 6, 2023 · The Sultan Ahmet Mosque, popularly known as the Blue Mosque, was completed in 1617 just prior to the untimely death of its then 27-year-old eponymous patron, Sultan Ahmet I. The mosque dominates Istanbul’s majestic skyline with its elegant composition of ascending domes and six slender soaring minarets .
The mosque was built to equal his great belief in Islam. Since the construction of the Süleymaniye Mosque, built by Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent (1520-1566) in 1557, none of the sultans started and completed any imperial mosque (selâtin cami). Ahmed wanted to be the first sultan since then.
