I C O N S
A glimpse into the most
famous buildings around
the network
NAME
SULTANAHMET CAMII
WHERE
ISTANBUL, TURKEY
AREA
4,608
M
2
CAPACITY
2,000
WEIGHT
14,453
KG
ANNUAL VISITORS
5
MILLION
Blue Mosque
WHAT MAKES A SULTAN?
THE FACTS
BATTLE OF THE BUILDINGS
Functioning
place of
worship
Tourist
attraction
Balconies
Granite columns
Blue tiles, which give the mosque its name
PHOTO
ALAMY
260
20,000
26 16
Stained glass windows
tragedy
He died a year after
the mosque was
completed, at the
age of 27
scandal
His wife ruled the
Harem until 1651
when she was
strangled with a
curtain
confusion
Ahmet requested
the mosque have
altın minaret
(
gold minarets)
but the architect
understood
altı minaret
(
six
minarets)
teen angst
Sultan Ahmet I
ascended the
throne at the age
of 13. He ordered
the building of
a mosque to
be bigger
than the
Hagia Sophia
piety
A strict Muslim, he
disliked modern,
Western thinking,
destroying a clock
organ sent by
Elizabeth I
Hagia Sophia
Vs
Blue Mosque
Length
Width
#
Minarets
#
Domes
Main
dome
height
Minarets
height
82
m
72
m
73
m
64
m
4
6
60
m
64
m
2
9
55,6
m
43
m
The Blue Mosque
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