Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque) not the Hagia So by junge1
Close
Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.
Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.
No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
It was pointed out to me by KarmaSong that this picture is actually of the Blue Mosque, not the Hagia Sophia. After some checking I realized that he was correct and I was wrong and had been careless.
In the picture I posted I saw 4 minarets, and the Hagia Sophia has 4 minarets, the Blue Mosque has 6. But the 4 minarets visible in my post show 3 balconies each, which 4 of the 6 minarets have, the 4 minarets of the Hagia Sophia have only 2 balconies each. In the olden days these minarets were used by a muezzin 5 times a day to call for prayer.
As Jean-Luc (KarmaSong) pointed out, the two buildings are located close to each other. They are both massive and beautiful and an easy way to tell them apart is the number of minarets. The difference is that the Hagia Sophia which means 'Holy Spirit' was built as a cathedral in Constantinople (now Istanbul) in the 6th century to serve Orthodox Christianity, was converted in 1453 into a mosque, after Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II and served as such until 1931 and was closed. It re-opened in 1935 as a museum.
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque) was built between 1609 and 1616 and it still serves as a mosque today but is open to the public at certain times of the day. To enter, footwear needs to be removed, the body must be properly covered, and women were required to cover their heads.
Thank you Jean-Luc for pointing this error out to me. BTW, previous posts of these houses of worship were properly identified.
This photo was taken on 28 June 2013, Sig...
Comments (16)
Nice shot of this amazing piece of architecture...
Beautiful shot.
Perfectly taken !! and absolutely fascinating place , I hope to have the opportunity to go there in the future
A fab building. I have been entranced by documentaries about the interior.
Wonderful shot of this beautiful and impressive building*********
Amazing and Beautiful shot.
Wow! That is much bigger than I realized. This shot really shows it's scale and the beautiful architecture. That is a museum I would love to visit.
Very beautiful building
Very nice capture of this beautiful architecture.
This gorgeous photo and majestic masterpiece of beauty remind me of my first time in Istanbul...I was just wondering whether this mosque is not actually... the blue mosque ?! Hagia Sophia is nearby, more massive with part of its walls painted in reddish ochre, if my memory serves me right ....
An excellent photo of this true architectural wonder built so long ago.
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
great capture and a beautiful building. amazing how some religious groups can amass such huge funds for such an obviously very expensive building
Da war ich noch nicht!
Beautiful building!
Stately and incredibly beautiful; wonderful capture!