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BLUE MOSQUE
BLUE MOSQUE "SULTANAHMET"
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blue mosque: Lightshow by the Blue Mosque
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  • In summerevenings, at nine o'clock, there is a lightshow by the Blue mosque. The story about the construction of the mosque, by sultan Ahmet I and the architect Mehmet Aga, is heard while different parts of the mosque is in light in different colours. The language spoken is different different evenings.
    There is no admission.

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    blue mosque: Sultan Ahmet Mosque
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  • Sultan Ahmet Mosque (known as Blue Mosque as well) is situated in the center of the city, opposite Aya Sofya. The mosque was built in 1609-1616 by Sultan Ahmet I. I read in books that he became Sultan in 19 years and built the mosque that to eulogize God.

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    blue mosque: Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet)
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  • Also known as Sultan Hammet, is smaller than Hagia Sophia, but much more intensely decorated. Its name comes from the blue tiles on the walls.
    Go inside, take off your shoes and sit down for a while (more than 10 minutes and no photos, please!!) and relax, hear the silence, look up to the thousand lamps. That's one of my best memories of Istanbul!
    Open 8-18, free entrance.

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    blue mosque: Sultan Ahmet Mosque, prayers area
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  • Funny when I was inside the man came to me and offered to lead me to prayer area. Thus I could see all saint places close (it costed me YTL 5). I was near by the stairs where mulla speaks to prayers and touched big candles and so on.

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    blue mosque: Sultan Ahmet Mosque architecture
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  • The mosque is open for public visitors although the mosque is divided for prayers and tourists. The mosque is 53 meters long and 51 meters high. Cupola diameter is 33 meters. The mosque has more than 200 stained-glass windows.

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    blue mosque: Sultan Ahmet Mosque, why Blue Mosque?
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  • In some books you may find other name of the mosque, Blue Mosque. It is related with color of the interior that consists of more than 20 000 hand-made ceramic blue tiles.

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    blue mosque: Inside the Blue Mosque
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  • Take a quiet walk inside the blue mosque and be sure to sit down on the carpeted floor. I think the interior is best appreciated from a humble, low position, the height at which one would be praying. Look upwards, trying to ignore the bustle of tourists and admire the beauty of the place.

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    blue mosque: Sultanahmet Mosque>This mosque...
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  • Sultanahmet Mosque>
    This mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I during 1609-1616
    in the square carrying his name in İstanbul. The architect is Sedefhar Mehmet Ağa. It is
    the only mosque in Turkey with six minarets. The mosque is 64 x 72 m in dimensions. The
    central dome is 43 m in height and is 33.4 m in diameter. 260 windows surround the mosque.
    Due to its beautiful blue, green and white tilings it has been named the 'Blue
    Mosque' by Europeans. The inscriptions were made by Seyyid Kasım Gubari.

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    blue mosque: Sultanahmet Mosque (Blue Mosque)
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  • The Sultanahmet Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque is one of Istanbul's symbols. The name was given to the mosque because of the blue tiles and stained glass windows, shown here.

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    blue mosque: Blue Mosque (Mosque of...
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  • Blue Mosque (Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I), Sultanahmet Sq. This 17th-century mosque is the only one in Turkey to have six minarets (most have two or four); the mosque also features over 20,000 original Iznik tiles and, on summer evenings, a historical narration and light show.

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