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The Blue Mosque (aka Sultan Ahmet Camii) seen from the backstreets of Istanbul. Staying close to the Mosque, we were woken every morning by the call to prayer, the first of five each day.
Blue Mosque, Istanbul, so called because of the thousands of blue tiles that line the inside of its magnificent domes.
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The Blue Mosque, iconic building of Istanbul and perhaps the whole of Turkey is better known to the Turks as Sultan Ahmet Mosque, or Sultan Ahmet Camii, after its builder who died in 1617.
The incredibly intricate adornment of the Sultan Ahmet Mosque, more often called the Blue Mosque due the predominance of blue in the interior decorations. Photos cannot do justice to the unbelievable detail and skill in the artwork.
On my last morning in Istanbul I realised I hadn't taken a shot of the Blue Mosque in daylight so I headed out early to rectify that.
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultanahmet Camii) is an historic mosque in Istanbul. The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior.
It was built from 1609 to 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains a tomb of the founder, a madrasah and a hospice. While still used as a mosque, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque has also become a popular tourist attraction.
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque has one main dome, six minarets, and eight secondary domes. The design is the culmination of two centuries of both Ottoman mosque and Byzantine church development. It incorporates some Byzantine elements of the neighboring Hagia Sophia with traditional Islamic architecture and is considered to be the last great mosque of the classical period. The architect, Sedefkâr Mehmed Ağa, synthesized the ideas of his master Sinan, aiming for overwhelming size, majesty and splendour.
The facade of the spacious forecourt was built in the same manner as the facade of the Süleymaniye Mosque, except for the addition of the turrets on the corner domes. The court is about as large as the mosque itself and is surrounded by a continuous vaulted arcade (revak). It has ablution facilities on both sides. The central hexagonal fountain is small relative to the courtyard. The monumental but narrow gateway to the courtyard stands out architecturally from the arcade. Its semi-dome has a fine stalactite structure, crowned by a small ribbed dome on a tall tholobate.
A heavy iron chain hangs in the upper part of the court entrance on the western side. Only the sultan was allowed to enter the court of the mosque on horseback. The chain was put there, so that the sultan had to lower his head every time he entered the court to avoid being hit. This was a symbolic gesture, to ensure the humility of the ruler in the face of the divine.
The reason the architect built six minarets, hereby matching the number of minarets of the Masjid al-Haram, Grand Mosque in Mecca, is probably a misunderstanding: the Sultan directed his architect to make gold (Turkish word: altin) minarets, it was misunderstood by the architect as six (Turkish word: alti) minarets.
The six minarets were a matter of contention and a first, since four minarets were the common maximum. Only after one more minaret was added to the Grand Mosque in Mecca, was the six minarets-issue settled.
The Blue Mosque is one of the highlights in Istanbul. The best place to photograph the mosque is from the terrace restaurant in the Seven Hills Hotel.
I had a wonderful dinner there, spent about $40, and had the table the whole time from 7:30pm until around 9:30pm. They take reservations, ask for Nusret, sevenhillshotel.com. The photo is geotagged to the hotel.
A sunrise shot would be great from this spot, but it gets light really early during the summer.
One of Istanbul's most recognized landmark, the Blue Mosque (officially known as the Sultanahmet Camii (Sultanahmet Mosque), features six slender minarets and inside blue İznik tiles adorn the interior, giving the building its unofficial name.
The reality of travel photography is that famous landmarks do not always live up to expectations. This is a view of the majestic courtyard of the Blue Mosque. As you can see there is construction going on, half the courtyard is not lit up and two of the minarets are not illuminated. Maybe they forgot to flip on the other light switches? LOL!
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The mosque was to be built on the site of the palace of the Byzantine emperors, facing the Hagia Sophia
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The Blue Mosque has 8 domes aside from the main dome which made for very interesting interior shapes - and a challenge to capture any sort of symmetry. The wires hold the chandeliers.
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