Hagia Sophia
Built in 6th century during reign of the Emperor Constantinus St Sophia is acknowledged to be the most important Byzantine architecture found in Istanbul. The Hagia Sophia covers an area of 100 x 70 m., and the plan consists of a wide central nave flanked by two smaller naves, an apse, an inner and outer narthex and a central dome reaching 55.6 m. in height, with a diameter of 31-33 meters. The church was considerably damaged by the earthquake of 557 and the nephew of the Architect Isidorus undertook the repair of the structure. The church had several different restorations. After the conquest of Istanbul, Mehmet the Conqueror had the church restored once again, and converted into a mosque. The four minarets, one on each corner of the building were added at various times during the Ottoman period. After Fatih captured the city this massive edifice was used for worship by Moslems. Eventulally, following the republican period, St Sophia eas converted into a museum.
Blue Mosque
With the unusual number of six minarets and a great cascade of domes and semi-domes, The Blue Mosque was built from 1610-1619 during the reign of Sultan Ahmed I. beside the Hagia Sophia on the site of the Great Palace of Byzantium, The interior of the mosque is prepossesingly decorated with Iznik tiles that stand aloof around the arched domes of the structure where the daylight sneaks through the stained glass windows and filters onto the ornate painted decors. The whiff of spiritual devotion resonating under the domes of Blue Mosque will strike you and let you get drifted with the luscious timbres of prayers that still exude from the colossal house of worship with its 6 imposing minarets. The precinct embraces the nearby St Sophia where the glory of past epimomizes its zenith.
Hippodrome Square
With the unusual number of six minarets and a great cascade of domes and semi-domes, The Blue Mosque was built from 1610-1619 during the reign of Sultan Ahmed I. beside the Hagia Sophia on the site of the Great Palace of Byzantium, The interior of the mosque is prepossesingly decorated with Iznik tiles that stand aloof around the arched domes of the structure where the daylight sneaks through the stained glass windows and filters onto the ornate painted decors. The whiff of spiritual devotion resonating under the domes of Blue Mosque will strike you and let you get drifted with the luscious timbres of prayers that still exude from the colossal house of worship with its 6 imposing minarets. The precinct embraces the nearby St Sophia where the glory of past epimomizes its zenith.
Grand Covered Bazaar
With the unusual number of six minarets and a great cascade of domes and semi-domes, The Blue Mosque was built from 1610-1619 during the reign of Sultan Ahmed I. beside the Hagia Sophia on the site of the Great Palace of Byzantium, The interior of the mosque is prepossesingly decorated with Iznik tiles that stand aloof around the arched domes of the structure where the daylight sneaks through the stained glass windows and filters onto the ornate painted decors. The whiff of spiritual devotion resonating under the domes of Blue Mosque will strike you and let you get drifted with the luscious timbres of prayers that still exude from the colossal house of worship with its 6 imposing minarets. The precinct embraces the nearby St Sophia where the glory of past epimomizes its zenith.
Topkapi Palace
With the unusual number of six minarets and a great cascade of domes and semi-domes, The Blue Mosque was built from 1610-1619 during the reign of Sultan Ahmed I. beside the Hagia Sophia on the site of the Great Palace of Byzantium, The interior of the mosque is prepossesingly decorated with Iznik tiles that stand aloof around the arched domes of the structure where the daylight sneaks through the stained glass windows and filters onto the ornate painted decors. The whiff of spiritual devotion resonating under the domes of Blue Mosque will strike you and let you get drifted with the luscious timbres of prayers that still exude from the colossal house of worship with its 6 imposing minarets. The precinct embraces the nearby St Sophia where the glory of past epimomizes its zenith.
Suleymaniye Mosque
Süleymaniye mosque built in the 16 th century is considered to be the most beautiful of the imperial mosques in Ýstanbul.It includes 6 madrasas, a poor house-tabhane, an imaret-soup kitchens, a caravanserai, mental hospital, baths, a school and shops, as well as the mausoleums of Süleyman I and the Sultana Hürrem Sultan.What is most noticable about this grand complex is that, although the mosque may be monumental the structure and its annexes are built so as to blend with the urban landscape, a remarkable acheivement on that scale. It was completed in a comparatively short time between 1550 and 1557 which illusturates, beyond all else, the might and organisation of the Ottoman state at the time.
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