Sultan Ahmet Mosque
Sultan Ahmet Mosque was built by Sedefkar Mehmet Ağa, one of the students of Mimar Sinan, in the 17th century by Sultan Ahmet I.
Since there are many blue Iznik tiles on the walls of the mosque, the mosque is also known as the Blue Mosque. There are 21 thousand 43 eye-catching pieces on the walls of the mosque. There are.The wall surfaces are covered with tiles, starting from the tops of the lower row windows to the bottoms of the third row windows. Especially the tiles on the walls of the gallery are placed in a way that does not tire the eyes.The prayer hall of the mosque measures 64x72 meters. The diameter of the central dome, which is 43 meters high, is 23.5 meters.Together with the Sultan Ahmet Mosque complex, it is one of the largest building complexes in Istanbul.
This social complex consists of a mosque, madrasahs, sultan's mansion, arasta, shops, bath, fountain, public fountains, tomb, hospital, primary school, almshouse and rental rooms. The tomb of Sultan Ahmet I was also built adjacent to the mosque garden.Source Türkiye Culture Portal History of Istanbul