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| The Blue Mosque |
The mosque is called the Blue Mosque, because the top of the mosque and the dome of blue. While tourists in Turkey can see this mosque was quiet and peaceful. Istanbul Blue Mosque is located in front of the church of Hagia Sophia. This mosque founded by Sultan Ahmed in the 1609-1612 year. The mosque has six minarets, the dome diameter of 23.5 meters with a dome 43 meters high and 5 meters in diameter concrete columns. This mosque is one of the two mosques in Turkey, which has six minarets, the other is in Adana.
The Blue Mosque is still a place of worship. Included in the complex of the largest mosque in Istanbul, we went through the flower garden that is protected in the shade of trees. Although the Blue Mosque is used as a religious tourism destination, but tourists should not come by chance travelers should bring appropriate clothing to enter the area of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, women should wear the veil.
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