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The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultanahmet Camii) is the national mosque of Turkey, and is a historical mosque in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and the capital of the Ottoman Empire (from 1453 to 1923). The mosque is one of several mosques known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior.
It was built between 1609 and 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I. Like many other mosques, it also comprises a tomb of the founder, a madrasah and a hospice. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque has become one of the most popular tourist attractions in Istanbul.
The Essalam mosque is a large mosque in the Rotterdam neighborhood Feijenoord, near the football stadium De Kuip. The house of worship is the largest mosque in the Netherlands. Due to its size, the mosque strongly defines the face of the district. The dome is 25 meters high and the minarets are 50 meters high.
This is a HDR from 5 different exposures.
The Pink Mosque (Nasir ol Molk Mosque), built from 1876 to 1888, by the order of Mirzā Hasan Ali (Nasir ol Molk), a Qajar ruler, is one of the most beautiful of all the mosques in Iran. It is notable for its exquisite tile work.
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The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultanahmet Camii) is the national mosque of Turkey, and is a historical mosque in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and the capital of the Ottoman Empire (from 1453 to 1923). The mosque is one of several mosques known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior.
It was built between 1609 and 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I. Like many other mosques, it also comprises a tomb of the founder, a madrasah and a hospice. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque has become one of the most popular tourist attractions in Istanbul.
Hassan Pasha Mosque in Kos, seen from the Ancient Agora archaeological site.
The rich history of Kos has vividly left its mark on the architecture of the islands. That is the case with the mosques of Kos Town, strong reminders of the Ottoman rule on the island, that lasted for about four centuries, from 1523 to 1912. Today, two Ottoman mosques survive time in Kos Town and they can be seen in the centre of the city.
The Loggia Mosque also known as the Hassan Pasha Mosque, located at Hippocrates Plane Tree Square in Kos, was founded by the Turkish admiral Ghazi Hassan Pasha in 1786.
Ancient architectural elements from Roman remains have been incorporated into the fabric of the mosque and its minaret, and the mosque was possibly built on the location of a Byzantine temple of St George.
The three storey building is locked and unused and still bears the marks of wartime bombardment, especially in the tracery of the upper windows. The ground floor is taken up by several shops.
The Floating Mosque or Tengku Tengah Zaharah is the first real floating mosque in Malaysia. It is situated in Kuala Ibai Lagoon near the estuary of Kuala Ibai River, 4 km from Kuala Terengganu Town. Construction began in 1993 and finished in 1995. The mosque was officially opened in July 1995 by Almarhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah, the late Sultan of Terengganu. The mosque combines modern and Moorish architecture; incorporating the use of marble, ceramics, mosaic works and bomanite paving. The white structure of the mosque covers an area of roughly 5 acres and can accommodate up to 2000 attendees at a time.
The mosque was built on the site of the pre-lslamic Moh temple mentioned above. Excavations have revealed the fact that even under the Samanids there was a six-pier mosque, which apparently was also domed. However, it was rebuilt substantially in the twelfth century; the floor level was upgraded and the main facade received a new design that survives with little damage only. By the sixteenth century, the thickness of cultural layers had increased so much that mosque seemed to sink deep into the soil and its facade was unearthed only as a result of excavations carried out in the 1930s.
The Badshahi Mosque (Urdu: بادشاھی مسجد) or the 'King's Mosque' in Lahore, commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1671 and completed in 1673, is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world. Epitomising the beauty, passion and grandeur of the Mughal era, it is Lahore's most famous landmark and a major tourist attraction.
The Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed Mosque) in Istanbul, completed in 1616, is a masterpiece of Ottoman architecture. Commissioned by Sultan Ahmed I, it blends Islamic and Byzantine styles and is renowned for its interior adorned with over 20,000 blue Iznik tiles, giving it the nickname “Blue Mosque.” Still functioning as a mosque, it remains a key religious site and major tourist attraction, symbolizing Istanbul’s rich history and cultural fusion.
Ar-Rahmah Mosque, Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor, Malaysia
This shot was taken this morning.
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Tone mapped HDR with 3 exposures...(handheld)
The Qolşärif Mosque located in Kazan Kremlin (pronounced [kɔlʃæˈriːf], also spelled Qol Sharif, Qol Sherif)
The Selimiye Mosque (Turkish: Selimiye Camii) is a mosque in the city of Edirne, Turkey. The mosque was commissioned by Sultan Selim II and was built by architect Mimar Sinan between 1568 and 1574. It was considered by Sinan to be his masterpiece and is one of the highest achievements of Islamic architecture.
This grand mosque stands at the center of a külliye (complex of a hospital, school, library and/or baths around a mosque) which comprises a medrese (Islamic academy teaches both Islamic and Scientific lessons), a dar-ül hadis (Al-Hadith school), a timekeeper's room and an arasta (row of shops). It also contains a Bayezid II Külliye Health Museum, now a museum. In this mosque Sinan employed an octagonal supporting system that is created through eight pillars incised in a square shell of walls. The four semi domes at the corners of the square behind the arches that spring from the pillars, are intermediary sections between the huge encompassing dome (31.25m diameter with spherical profile) and the walls.While conventional mosques were limited by a segmented interior, Sinan's effort at Edirne was a structure that made it possible to see the mihrab from any location within the mosque. Surrounded by four of the tallest pencil-shaped minarets, the Mosque of Selim II has a grand dome atop it. Around the rest of the mosque were many additions: libraries, schools, hospices, baths, soup kitchens for the poor, markets, hospitals, and a cemetery. These annexes were aligned axially and grouped, if possible. In front of the splendid mosque sits a rectangular court with an area equal to that of the mosque. The innovation however, comes not in the size of the building, but from the organization of its interior. The mihrab is pushed back into an apse-like alcove with a space with enough depth to allow for window illumination from three sides. This has the effect of making the tile panels of its lower walls sparkler with natural light. The amalgamation of the main hall forms a fused octagon with the dome-covered square. Formed by eight massive dome supports, the octagon, is pierced by four half dome covered corners of the square. The beauty resulting from the conformity of geometric shapes engulfed in each other was the culmination of Sinan's life long search for a unified interior space.
At the Bulgarian siege of Edirne in 1915, the dome of the mosque is hit by Bulgarian artillery. Since the dome is built extremely strong, the mosque survived the assult with only some damages at the coating of the dome. With Atatürk's order, it has not been restored since then, to warn the next generations.
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque, aka Blue Mosque at night. Istanbul, Turkey.
Taken with a Rokinon 8mm fisheye for Nikon on a Sony A6000. Straighten in post processing.
Floating Mosque in Jeddah bears testimony of the religion of Islam in Saudi Arabia. It is one of the marvelous sacred destinations in Jeddah. The architectural beauty with the huge decorated prayer space and the elegant rooftop gives a unique semblance to the mosque. A soothing ambiance is created inside the mosque. The serene ambiance in the interior of the mosque helps in meditating during the prayer. Praying is a sheer pleasure in this intricately designed gleaming white mosque. Not only the Muslims but people from all religions across the globe make it a point to visit the Floating Mosque in Jeddah at least once during their stay at the city.
The village Kipchak is known as the home village of the first President of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov. Niyazov, while president, built the Kipchak Mosque and a tomb there for his family. It is in this tomb where Niyazov was buried on December 24, 2006. The Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque, lies across a highway from the rest of the village, it is the largest mosque in Central Asia, and has a capacity of 10,000 people.
The old mosque is in the center of the picture and the reconstructed citadel is just left of the mosque. This is the small country town of Divrigi, Turkey.
A l’intérieur de la Mosquée Bleue, l’immense salle de prière est couverte par un grand nombre de tapis . Portée par quatre piliers imposants, la coupole principale est de 23 mètres de diamètre et élevée à 43 mètres de hauteur. En complément de cette coupole, la Mosquée Bleue comporte d’autres coupoles plus petites ainsi que des demi-dômes.
Les décorations intérieures de la Mosquée Bleue sont de toute beauté. En effet, plus de 260 fenêtres et 20 000 carreaux de faïence bleue d’Iznik composent la Mosquée Bleue. Autre pièce centrale de l’intérieur de la Mosquée Bleue est le mirhab, niche indiquant la direction de la Mecque vers laquelle les musulmans doivent se tourner pour prier. Le mirhab de la Mosquée Bleue d’Istanbul est fait de marbre blanc provenant de Marmara.
Finally! Ive been able to upload a photo to flickr. There have been a few technical issues between macs and windows, and software, and... anyways. I've been forced away from photoshop and lightroom and only have access to mac photo editor - so the photos won't look as sharp as colourful or whatever, but hopefully will force me to focus a bit more on lines and composition.
So this photo is from a dirty Ayasofya window looking to the blue mosque, and the domes of ayasofya. I wouldn't have discovered it if i hadn't been on my tiptoes and holding my camera up above me to get this shot. I really like the lines moving from right to left, to right again and then the centre with the three towers in the distance.
Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G
Muscat is a fascinating city. It has an amazing mix of Western and Arabic architecture making it very interesting. The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque is definitely one of the highlight of the city. The most is amazingly gorgeous from inside. It also looks fabulous from outside. Specially the gardens around the mosque is spectacular.
It is a bit difficult to get this perspective of the image as those flower bushes are patterned such a way that it looks strange from inside with a wide lens. So I had to do a bit of walk around to high a high ground to get this perspective.
I wish the foreground plants had a bit more flower. But overall those lines of plants with the mosque at the background looked to me an interesting composition.
Ok. If you have already reached till here; may be you will be interested to see Oman in a bit more detail!
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The desert side of Oman is yet another experience.
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