Interior View of Sultan Ahmed's Mosque

Category

Library Item

Item no

28796

Title

Sultan Ahmed vue interieure - Interior view of Sultan Ahmed's mosque

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1875

Size

24.6 x 19.4 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Reference Library

The Mosque of Sultan Ahmed is a famous mosque in Istanbul (formerly Constantinople) dating from the 17th Century. It is also known as The Blue Mosque due to the blue tiles which adorn its interior. It is one of two mosques in Turkey with six minarets.

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Religion > Religious facilities > Mosques

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