Sultan Ahmet Mosque
SULTAN AHMET MOSQUE
Ottoman mosque.
Popularly known as the Blue mosque because of the predominantly turquoise-colored faience tile panels that embellish its vast prayer hall, the mosque of Sultan Ahmet I (1590–1617) stands next to Istanbul's Hippodrome. Supporting a domed, cruciform superstructure and six slender minarets, it is the major work of the architect Sedefkar Mehmet Ağa.
Bibliography
Goodwin, Godfrey. A History of Ottoman Architecture. London: Thames and Hudson, 1971.
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