THE BLUE MOSQUE IN FRONT OF HAGIA
SOFIA
COUNTRY: TURKEY
PLACE: ISTANBUL
COUNTRY: TURKEY
PLACE: ISTANBUL
The
next destination is Blue Mosque where its stands across parks to the south as a
counterpoint to the AyaSofya. The mosque was built in 1616 for Sultan Ahmed I,
who died but one year later at the young age of 27.
The Blue Mosque is one of the most magnificent buildings in the Islamic world. The six minarets were controversial at the time of construction since that equaled the number surrounding the El Haram Mosque which encloses the Ka’aba in Mecca. The architect of the Blue Mosque, Mehmet Aða, was dispatched to Arabia subsequently so he could add a seventh minaret to El Haram.
The Blue Mosque is one of the most magnificent buildings in the Islamic world. The six minarets were controversial at the time of construction since that equaled the number surrounding the El Haram Mosque which encloses the Ka’aba in Mecca. The architect of the Blue Mosque, Mehmet Aða, was dispatched to Arabia subsequently so he could add a seventh minaret to El Haram.
Istanbul
blue mosque is a very beautiful and unique mosque just like TajMahal. After the
Peace of Zsitvatorok and the unfavourable result of the wars with Persia,
Sultan Ahmed I decided to build a large mosque in Istanbul to placate Allah.
This would be the first imperial mosque in more than forty years.
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