The Blue Mosque in Istanbul is rated in ZeeGlobe's Top 5 Religious Sites.
This video shows the magnificent colours and also just how tall the building is. The formal name for this mosque is the Sultanahmet Mosque which was built in 1616 with the aim to be more impressive than the Hagia Sofia. Some 20,000 blue tiles were used to create this ceiling. Giving the mosque its impressive shades of blue and its name the Blue Mosque.
This video shows the magnificent colours and also just how tall the building is. The formal name for this mosque is the Sultanahmet Mosque which was built in 1616 with the aim to be more impressive than the Hagia Sofia. Some 20,000 blue tiles were used to create this ceiling. Giving the mosque its impressive shades of blue and its name the Blue Mosque.
The Blue Mosque, Istanbul from ZeeGlobe on Vimeo.
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