Sultan Ahmed Mosque
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque or Sultan Ahmet Mosque (Turkis: Sultan Ahmet Camii) is a historic mosque in Istanbul. The mosque is popularly kent as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adornin the waws o its interior.[2]
Sultan Ahmed Mosque Blue Mosque | |
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Releegion | |
Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
Location | |
Location | Istanbul, Turkey |
Geografic coordinates | 41°00′20″N 28°58′39″E / 41.005483°N 28.977385°E |
Architecture | |
Airchitect(s) | Sedefkâr Mehmed Ağa |
Teep | Mosque |
Style | Islamic, Late Clessical Ottoman |
Completit | 1616 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 10,000 |
Lenth | 73 m (240 ft) |
Weenth | 65 m (213 ft) |
Dome hicht (ooter) | 43 m (141 ft) |
Dome dia. (inner) | 23.50 m (77.1 ft)[1] |
Minaret(s) | 6 |
Minaret hicht | 64 m (210 ft) |
References
eedit- ↑ Encyclopedia of architectural and engineering feats, Donald Langmead, Christine Garnaut, page 322, 2001
- ↑ "Blue Mosque". bluemosque.co. Retrieved 12 Juin 2014.