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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.
The Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum (Turkish: Türk ve İslam Eserleri Müzesi) is a museum located in Sultanahmet Square in Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. Constructed in 1524, the building was formerly the palace of Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha , who was the second grand vizier to Suleiman the Magnificent , and was once thought to have been the ...
The track was lined with other bronze statues of famous horses and chariot drivers, none of which survive. In his book De Ceremoniis (book II,15, 589), the Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus described the decorations in the hippodrome at the occasion of the visit of Saracen or Arab visitors, mentioning the purple hangings and rare tapestries. [5]
TIME Hotel and Resorts cater to both business and leisure travel and has six locations, including TIME Oak Hotel & Suites in Dubai, UAE; TIME Coral Nuweiba Resort in Egypt; TIME Grand Plaza Hotel at the Dubai Airport, UAE; TIME Asma Hotel in Dubai, UAE; and TIME Rako Hotel in Doha, Qatar. [4] [13]
Sultanahmet (named after Sultan Ahmed) may refer to these places in Istanbul: Sultanahmet is a neighbourhood in the district of Fatih; Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Sultanahmet Mosque) Sultanahmet Square (Hippodrome of Constantinople) Sultanahmet Jail, now a hotel
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The New Mosque (Turkish: Yeni Cami, pronounced [jeni dʒami], originally named the Valide Sultan Mosque, Turkish: Valide Sultan Camii) and later New Valide Sultan Mosque (Turkish: Yeni Valide Sultan Camii) after its partial reconstruction and completion between 1660 and 1665, is an Ottoman imperial mosque located in the Eminönü quarter of Istanbul, Turkey.
At 72 metres in height, the main dome of Çamlıca Mosque symbolises the 72 nations residing in Istanbul, Turkey; the dome spanning 34 metres represents the city of Istanbul (34 is the city's car plate number). [2] [6] The main dome is 3.12 metres wide, 7.77 metres high and weighs 4.5 tons. [2]