Sultanahmet (The Blue Mosque) -ISTANBUL-

Sultanahmet (The Blue Mosque) -ISTANBUL-

This 17th century mosque, is famous for its beautiful blue tile work ornamenting its interior walls. Its surrounding six slim minarets.Because of these minarets, this mosque is different from other mosques which normally have two or four minarets. The mosque was built  between 1609-1616 by the architect Mehmet Aga with the order of Sultan Ahmed I and became the most important mosque of the city, right in the Sultanahmet square.