SULTAN AHMED MOSQUE:
Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, is one
of the monuments of Istanbul that has become its symbol. The tiles are superb
examples of the tile art of the period and even the actual number of the tiles
used was recorded: exactly 21043 each of which are priceless, but collectively
lent their colour to the name of the (muezzin mosque. There are a total of 16
serefes (muezzin’s platforms) on the mosque’s minarets. That figure is a
reference to the fact that Ahmed was the 16th Sultan in the Ottoman
succession. The architect of the mosque was one of the apprentices of Mimar
Sinan, Sedefkar (master of inlaying mother of pearl) Mehmet Aga.
The tomb of Sultan Ahmet I, who commissioned the mosque, was
constructed in the gardens of the mosque as a detached building next to the
front courtyard. Opposite the tomb stands the German Empire’s Gift to the
Ottomans, the Alman Cesmesi (German Fountain).
The Fountain was a gift from
Kaiser Wihelm of Germany to commemorate his visit to Istanbul in 1901and all of
its parts were produced in Germany. Hence it bears this name. The internal face
of the dome was gilded. It stands in the very place where the gate of the
ancient hippodrome stood, which was decorated with numerous statues and
monuments.
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