Travel and Tourism, Visiting Blue Mosque of Istambul
>> Sunday, March 7, 2010
View of the Blue Mosque from a rooftop in Istanbul.
View of the Blue Mosque from a rooftop in Istanbul.
Blue Mosque on Istambul
View of the Blue Mosque from a rooftop in Istanbul.
The Blue Mosque, which is officially called the Sultanahmet Camii (the Sultan Ahmet Mosque), is perhaps the most famous site in Istanbul, Turkey, and most certainly digit of its most impressive postcard views. It towers above the older city, and sits overlooking the Sea of Marmara and the Bosphorous Straight.
The masjid is named after Sultan Ahmet I who commissioned its cerebration in 1609. Designed by Mehmet Aga, it took seven years to complete. It consists of a sort of domes, enclosed by sextet minarets. There is digit super bicentric dome, which is a whole 33 meters panoramic (100 feet), and is enclosed by a super sort of smaller domes. They every set atop quaternary Brobdingnagian pillars which apiece measure 4.5 meters (15 feet) thick. These foundational pillars are referred to as the \"elephant's foot\" pillars.
The inland of the building is spectacular, with the inside of every the domes and arches are awninged in beautiful Islamic calligraphy. In addition to that, the inland walls are awninged with over 20,000 chromatic iznik tiles. Many people hit wondered why a reddened gray masjid is called the \"Blue Mosque\", but the study actually derives from the color of these tiles. The inland is also enclosed by 260 discoloured glass windows, and when sunlight
shines through the colored reddened upon the chromatic tiles is a beautiful site. The original discoloured glass windows were, however, destroyed in an Earthquake, so these are replacements.
The Blue Mosque caused some controversy when it was first built. At that time the only masjid in the concern with sextet minarets was in the holy municipality of Mecca, and by outshining Riyadh Sultan Ahmet had stepped on some toes. He creatively resolved the problem by having a ordinal minaret added to the masjid in Mecca, restoring its supremacy and calming religious fervor.
The masjid is named after Sultan Ahmet I who commissioned its cerebration in 1609. Designed by Mehmet Aga, it took seven years to complete. It consists of a sort of domes, enclosed by sextet minarets. There is digit super bicentric dome, which is a whole 33 meters panoramic (100 feet), and is enclosed by a super sort of smaller domes. They every set atop quaternary Brobdingnagian pillars which apiece measure 4.5 meters (15 feet) thick. These foundational pillars are referred to as the \"elephant's foot\" pillars.
The inland of the building is spectacular, with the inside of every the domes and arches are awninged in beautiful Islamic calligraphy. In addition to that, the inland walls are awninged with over 20,000 chromatic iznik tiles. Many people hit wondered why a reddened gray masjid is called the \"Blue Mosque\", but the study actually derives from the color of these tiles. The inland is also enclosed by 260 discoloured glass windows, and when sunlight
shines through the colored reddened upon the chromatic tiles is a beautiful site. The original discoloured glass windows were, however, destroyed in an Earthquake, so these are replacements.
The Blue Mosque caused some controversy when it was first built. At that time the only masjid in the concern with sextet minarets was in the holy municipality of Mecca, and by outshining Riyadh Sultan Ahmet had stepped on some toes. He creatively resolved the problem by having a ordinal minaret added to the masjid in Mecca, restoring its supremacy and calming religious fervor.
