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The Blue Mosque, officially the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultan Ahmet Camii), is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was constructed between 1609 and 1617 during the rule of Ahmed I and remains a functioning mosque today.
"The Blue Mosque is renowned for its exquisite tilework. The interior of the dome chamber facing the qibla is clad in dark-blue hexagonal tiles with stenciled gilding, a decorative richness unmatched until the later construction of the mosque of Shaikh Loṭf-Allāh in Isfahan. [7]
The Mausoleum of Ali (Persian: مقام علی, romanized: Maqām ʿAlī) or Blue Mosque (مسجد کبود), located in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, is a shrine purportedly housing the tomb of Caliph Ali, the first Imam of Shia Muslims (r. 656–661). Many pilgrims annually celebrate Nowruz at the site.
Interior of a Mosque was painted by Jean-Léon Gérôme, with painting beginning in 1890 and finishing by 1899. It is oil on canvas and measures 23 3/8 inches by 35 3/8 inches. [ 1 ] This work of art is currently on view in the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, New York and belongs to the Hiram Sibley Collection.
The mosque was inaugurated in presence of Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty, the Aga Khan, the Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, and Cairo governor Galal Saeed. Renovation work focused structural stability, conservation of the interior and roof repair. [5] Today, the Aqsunqur Mosque is a major destination for tourists visiting ...
The Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque (Arabic: جامع محمد الأمين), also referred to as the Blue Mosque, is a Sunni Islam mosque, located in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. In the 19th century, a zawiya was built on this site. Decades of preparation to obtain sufficient land adjacent to the old Zawiya led finally to the building of the new mosque.
Among Istanbul’s attractions is the Hagia Sophia Mosque, built in the 15th century and once the biggest cathedral in the world. Rivaling this mosque is the 17th-century Blue Mosque. Rivaling ...
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