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The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, with its large central dome, multiple smaller domes, and six tall minarets rising above surrounding trees. Ornate tiled ceiling of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, featuring intricate geometric and floral patterns in blue, gold, and red surrounding a large central dome. The Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed Mosque) with its distinctive ensemble of six minarets, Istanbul. Sultan Ahmed Cami (Blue Mosque), Istanbul, designed by Mehmed Ağa, 1609–16. The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, with its large central dome, smaller domes, and six slender minarets rising above landscaped gardens. Istanbul: Blue Mosque
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Add new Web site: CNN travel - How royal ambition created one of the world’s greatest sacred masterpieces. Oct 27, 2026
Add new Web site: DergiPark - Istanbul and Herat: A Comparison Study of Blue Mosque & the Great Mosque of Herat (PDF). Apr 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - The Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmet Camii). Nov 06, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - A Comparative Study of Decorative Patterns in the Blue Mosques of Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan and Sultan Ahmed in Turkey. Jul 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Art in Context - Blue Mosque in Istanbul – Turkey’s Elegant Architecture. Jun 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Smart History - The Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmet Camii). Apr 23, 2024
Typo corrected. Feb 23, 2024
New article added. Feb 22, 2024
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