Sultan Ahmed Mosque (the Blue Mosque)
جامع السلطان أحمد (الجامع الأزرق)
Istanbul's six-minaret mosque (1616) facing Hagia Sophia — 'blue' for the twenty thousand Iznik tiles lining its walls.
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At a glance
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Anatolia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
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People and things also explored
Great Mosque of Samarra· Grand Bazaar of Isfahan· Bazaar of Tabriz· Bibi-Khanym Mosque· Faisal Mosque· Grand Bazaar, Istanbul· Hassan II Mosque· Khan el-Khalili
Sources
- Wikidata
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islam.museum contributors. “Sultan Ahmed Mosque (the Blue Mosque)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/sultan-ahmad-mosque/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.