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Wikipedia: The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is a historical mosque in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and the capital of the Ottoman Empire (from 1453 to 1923). The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. It was built between 1609 and 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I.
![[Sultan Ahmet Cami (Blue Mosque) Courtyard View]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/SultanAhmetMosqueCourtyard_s.jpg "Sultan Ahmet Cami (Blue Mosque) Courtyard View")
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![[View of the inner courtyard.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BlueMosqueCourtyard_s.jpg "View of the inner courtyard.")
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![[Courtyard of the mosque, at dusk time]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Blue_Mosque_Courtyard_Dusk_Wikimedia_Commons_s.jpg "Courtyard of the mosque, at dusk time")
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![[Arcaded forecourt with one of the entrance gates]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sultan_Ahmed_Mosque_01_s.jpg "Arcaded forecourt with one of the entrance gates")
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![[Sunset over Bosphorus, left Blue Mosque, right Hagia Sophia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/SunsetOverTheBosphorus1_s.jpg "Sunset over Bosphorus, left Blue Mosque, right Hagia Sophia")
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![[The main dome and some of the blue tiles that have given the mosque its nickname]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Blue_Mosque_Ceiling_Blue_Tiles_2_s.jpg "The main dome and some of the blue tiles that have given the mosque its nickname")
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![[The prayer area of the mosque is lit up by a chandelier hanging from the ceiling]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Blue_Mosque_Interior_2009_2_s.jpg "The prayer area of the mosque is lit up by a chandelier hanging from the ceiling")
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![[The Blue Mosque with all six minarets visible.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Blue_Mosque_Istanbul_Mirrored_2_s.jpg "The Blue Mosque with all six minarets visible.")
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![[Old photo of the Blue Mosque, taken before 1895.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Abdullah_fr_C3_A8res_Sultan_Ahmet_camii_2C_Istanbul_s.jpg "Old photo of the Blue Mosque, taken before 1895.")
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![[The old Hippodrome of Constantinople with the Blue Mosque on the left side]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jean_Baptiste_van_Mour_002_s.jpg "The old Hippodrome of Constantinople with the Blue Mosque on the left side")
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![[The mosque seen from the upper gallery of Hagia Sophia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Blue_Mosque_From_Aya_Sofya_2009_2_s.jpg "The mosque seen from the upper gallery of Hagia Sophia")
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![[Sultan Ahmet Cami (Blue Mosque) Interior]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/SultanAhmetMosqueInterior_s.jpg "Sultan Ahmet Cami (Blue Mosque) Interior")
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![[Gateway to the courtyard.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/DSC04728_Istanbul_La_Moschea_Blu_Foto_G_Dall_27Orto_29_5_2006_s.jpg "Gateway to the courtyard.")
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![[Blue tiles]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Blue_Mosque_03_2010_s.jpg "Blue tiles")
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