Mosque of Sultan Ahmed
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 | Mosque of Sultan Ahmed |
| Designer | Sedefkar Mehmed Aga |
| Location | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Date | 1610 to 1616 |
| Building Type | mosque |
| Climate | warm temperate |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Islamic, late classical Ottoman |
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| Notes | Also, Mosque of Sultan Ahmet, or Sultan Ahmet Mosque. Widely known as the Blue Mosque. Distinguished by six minarets. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Mosque_of_Sultan_Ahmed.html |
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"The Mosque of Sultan Ahmed, Istanbul, on a prominent site on the Hippodrome complementary to that of S. Sophia, is distinguished by its six minarets. Four enormous piers dominate the interior and carry a dome which is buttressed, as in Shehzade Mosque, by four subsidiary half-domes... It is noted for its predominently blue Iznik tilework — whence it derives the name 'The Blue Mosque".
— Sir Banister Fletcher, A History of Architecture, p441.
Reported to be designed by Sedefkar Mehmed Aga ('Mehmet Aga', Turkish architect and craftsman, d. 1622).
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Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. London: The Butterworth Group, 1987. ISBN 0-408-01587-X. LC 86-31761. NA200.F63 1987. discussion, p441. photo fC, p440. — The classic text of architectural history. Expanded 1996 edition available at Amazon.com
