#blue mosque
Herat Blue Mosque, Herat, Afghanistan 1978
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It is currently the month of Ramadan for Muslims, and during this time mosques play the call to prayer a bit louder than usual. I normally get woken up by it in the morning here in Abu Dhabi, and I don’t mind- it’s a nice reminder to take the time out of the day to say a little “thank you”.
One thing I’m very thankful for is all of the travel I’ve been able to do in the past few years. This June, while I was working in Egypt, I took weekend trips to around the Mediterranean and got the chance to see many amazing things. Something that stands out, both because of their breathtaking beauty, but also because of their ever presence in the region, is mosques. I’ve seen dozens and dozens in the past few months- but three stood out: The Blue Mosque and Hagia Sofia in Istanbul, Turkey, and the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. I’m also including a photo (not mine- though the others are) of the Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, which I see all of the time, but never stops amazing me.
Blue Mosque, Istanbul Turkey
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View from the Hagia Sophia - Sultan Ahmet Mosque (Blue Mosque), 1616 with Mausoleums of Sultans Selim II (L), 1577, and Murat III ®, 1599
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15th Century Constantinople, under the rule of Ottoman Empire. The last remainder of the once mighty Roman Empire.
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Haseki Hürrem Sultan Hammam is located between Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque. It was built on the order of Hürrem Sultan, the wife of Süleyman the Magnificent, by Architect Sinan in 1556 as a charitable work. The facade is composed in classical Ottoman style. The interior comprises double baths and is in total 75 meters long. Unusually the female and male baths were located on the same axis, and this is one of the first examples of such a layout in Turkish hammam architecture. The building functioned as a bath until 1910, after which it was closed for a period and then used as a warehouse. Restored in 1957-1958, the building was converted into a carpet store. Its final renovation begun in 2008 and the building opened as a bath house again in 2011.
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A Trip to Turkey.
Airport
Bosporus Str.
Dolmabahςe Saray
Hagia Sophia
Miniatur theme park
Grand Bazaar.
On a plane (Istanbul→Nevsehir)
Carpet store
Cappadocia
Near Uchisar
Kaleici
Antalya
Kekova
While moving to Antalya~(not sure)
Pamukkale
Ephesos
Sirince
Sultan Ahmed Mosque(Blue Mosque)
Night view of Blue Mosque
Night view of Istanbul
Cafe
Subway
Taksim Square
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All of these pictures were taken by me (◡‿◡✿)
