Sultan Ahmed Mosque
| Sultan Ahmed Mosque Blue Mosque |
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| Basic information | |
| Location | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Geographic coordinates | 41°00′20″N 28°58′39″E / 41.005483°N 28.977385°E |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
| Architectural description | |
| Airchitect(s) | Sedefkâr Mehmed Ağa |
| Airchitectural type | Mosque |
| Architectural style | Islamic, Late Clessical Ottoman |
| Completit | 1616 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 10,000 |
| Lenth | 73 m (240 ft) |
| Width | 65 m (213 ft) |
| Dome hicht (outer) | 43 m (141 ft) |
| Dome dia. (inner) | 23.50 m (77.1 ft)[1] |
| Minaret(s) | 6 |
| Minaret hicht | 64 m (210 ft) |
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]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Encyclopedia of architectural and engineering feats, Donald Langmead, Christine Garnaut, page 322, 2001
- ↑ "Blue Mosque". bluemosque.co. Retrieved 12 Juin 2014.
