Blue Mosque

We started (shoeless) with the Blue Mosque, built for Sultan Ahmet I by Mehmet Ağa between 1609 and 1616, the grandest of the great mosques on the line of hills visible from the Golden Horn:

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3 thoughts on “Blue Mosque

  1. I always read your blog with interest and pleasure, as you share with your readers the quirky, beautiful and often overlooked delights of your travels around London and elsewhere. I hesitate to point it out to you, and perhaps by now you will have realised, that the Sultan Ahmet (Blue) mosque is not on the Golden Horn. However, I hope you do see the wonderful Suleimaniye mosque, which is on the Golden Horn, and a little jewel, the Rustem Pasha mosque, near the Spice Bazaar.