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Sultan Ahmed Mosque - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Blue Mosque - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blue Mosque may refer to: • Blue Mosque, Tabriz, Iran, 1465 • Rawze-e-Sharif, Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan, 1512 • Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey, 1616 • Blue Mosque, Yerevan, Armenia, 1766 • Su...
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Sights and attractions, experience the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. View the variety of places to see and things to do in Istanbul - Lonely Planet ... Mosques built by the great and powerful usually included numerous public-service institutions. Clustered around the Blue Mosque were a medrese (theological college);
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The Blue Mosque ... Istanbul's Blue Mosque, also known as the 'Sultan Ahmet Mosque' by local people, was built by Sultan Ahmet in 1609 and completed in 7 years, although foreigners have taken to calling it the Blue Mosque ' because of the beautiful blue Iznik tiles decorating the interior.
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Brief Information about The Blue Mosque ... The Blue Mosque's exterior is all balance and harmony and wonderfully romantic at the same time. A cascade of leaded domes ripples to the ground as six fluted minarets pierce the sky. Its courtyard, immense and serene, is completely enclosed by a covered arcade and supported...
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Fascination Turkey ~ Istanbul - Blue Mosque ~ Hagia Sophia / Justinian's Cistern ... ; Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque viewed from the Bosporus ... The Blue Mosque was built from 1610-1619 under Sultan Ahmed I. beside the Hagia Sophia on the site of the Great Palace of Byzantium, separated only by a small park.
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This 120-mile-long Bahamian archipelago is a sailor's paradise. Condé Nast Traveler's Kate Maxwell goes by boat to hit Exuma's blue waters, pristine sands, and weekend-long beach parties. ... Istanbul's best-known, and finest, mosque dazzles with its stacked shining gray domes and piercing minarets.
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