Sultan Ahmed Mosque Blue Mosque north elevation Istanbul Turkey Regarded as one of the masterpieces of Islamic architecture the Blue Mosque also known as the Sultan Ahmed Mosque was built between and during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I It was built facing the Hagia Sophia and was a calculated statement that Muslim architects could rival the creation of their Byzantine Christian predecessors
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