travel turkey istanbul the blue mosque

The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is better known to tourists as the Blue Mosque.
It was built between 1609 and 1616 and is still used as a mosque.
Although these photos don't capture it, the Blue Mosque is so named for the blue tiles on the walls.

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(images scanned from old slides)



The Blue Mosque on the skyline, Istanbul, Turkey, 1978.


    

















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