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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.
Roughly bounded by E. 47th Street and E. 59th Street, S. Cottage Grove Avenue and S. Lake Park Avenue; also 825 and 816-826 E. 49th Street; also 829 and 843 E. 52nd Street 41°47′53″N 87°35′51″W / 41.798056°N 87.5975°W / 41.798056; -87.5975 ( Hyde Park-Kenwood Historic
Today it is a square in Istanbul, Turkey, known as Sultanahmet Square (Turkish: Sultanahmet Meydanı). The word hippodrome comes from the Greek hippos (ἵππος), horse, and dromos (δρόμος), path or way. For this reason, it is sometimes also called Atmeydanı ("Horse Square") in Turkish.
Eminönü's busy main square is overlooked by the New Mosque (Yeni Cami in Turkish) and the Spice Bazaar (Mısır Çarşısı in Turkish). Eminönü is an important transport hub. Several ferries have terminals along the Eminönü waterfront and the T1 tram has a stop here.
The Süleymaniye Mosque (Turkish: Süleymaniye Camii, pronounced [sylejˈmaːnije]) is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–1566) and designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan. An inscription specifies the foundation date as 1550 and the ...
Aerial view of the Fatih Mosque and the surrounding külliye. The original complex included eight medreses , a library, a hospital ( darüşşifa ), a dervish inn ( taphane ), a caravanserai , [ 4 ] a market, a hamam , a primary school ( mektep ) a public kitchen ( imaret ) for poor and a collection of 280 shops. [ 5 ]
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Ortaköy Mosque (Turkish: Ortaköy Camii), formally the Büyük Mecidiye Camii [1] (Turkish: Büyük Mecidiye Camii, lit. 'Great Mosque of Sultan Abdulmejid') in Beşiktaş , Istanbul , Turkey , is a mosque situated at the waterside of the Ortaköy pier square, one of the most popular locations on the Bosphorus .