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September 22, 2015

More Istanbul

The "Blue" Mosque - Nicknamed for the cool hues of the tiles that decorate its interior, the Blue Mosque was Sultan Ahmet I’s 17th-century answer to Hagia Sophia. It is amazing inside:
Officially named for its patron, but nicknamed for the cool hues of the tiles that decorate its interior, the Blue Mosque was Sultan Ahmet I’s 17th-century answer to Hagia Sophia.






old town park:



1500 year old Mosiac in the Hagia Sofia:


Look at the detail:



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