Saturday, June 24, 2006

Sultan Ahmet Camii

The inside of the Sultan Ahmet Camii, or Blue Mosque. It is almost completely tiled and is full of stained glass windows (260 of them). It was completed in 1616, and is still in full use today as a mosque.

Inside the Blue Mosque: Morgan, Hannah, Kate, Donica, Hakan, and Alex. The girls wore headscarves in respect of the Muslim faith (though Morgan was decent enough they didn't ask her to put one on - there are so many tourists at this mosque they are less strict about the women-showing-hair policy, though still no shoes allowed)

The Blue Mosque in Istanbul. When it was first built, it was bigger than the mosque in Mecca, and it has six minarets.

1 comment:

Richard said...

wow! that is so amazing that it doesnt even look real.