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Blue Mosque - Istanbul

The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is famously known as the Blue Mosque... The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultanahmet Camii) is a mosque in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and the capital of the Ottoman Empire (from 1453 to 1923). The mosque is famously known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. This 17th century mosque, near Haghia Sophia , is famous for the beautiful blue tile work ornamenting its walls...

The Sultan Ahmed Mosque

Hagia-Sophia-Istanbul

Hagia Sophia, (Greek: Aya Sofya - the Holy Wisdom Temple, now known as the Ayasofya Museum, was an early Christian Church and later an Eastern Orthodox church which was transformed into a mosque in 1453 by the Turks, and converted into a museum in 1935. It is located in Istanbul, Turkey, on the Turkish Thrace. It is regularly considered one of the greatest and most beautiful buildings in history. Its conquest by the Ottomans at the fall of Constantinople...

Hagia Sophia Istanbul

Dolmabahce Palace

The Dolmabahçe Palace (Turkish: Dolmabahçe Sarayi) is a palace in Istanbul, Turkey, located at the European side of the Bosphorus. The palace served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1853 to 1922, apart from a ten-year period (1889-1909) in which the Yildiz Palace was use. Dolmabahçe Palace was the first European-style palace in Istanbul and was built by Sultan Abdülmecid between 1842 and 1853, at a cost of five million Ottoman gold pounds, the equivalent of 35 tons...

Dolmabahce Palace Istanbul

Ciragan Kempinski Hotel Istanbul

Situated directly on the shores of the Bosphorus on the European side of Istanbul, the hotel is linked by arcades to the 19th-century Palace where the last sultans of the Ottoman Empire resided. Surrounded by lush gardens, this landmark property is located in the center of the citys business and shopping districts and within close proximity to the historic sites. All newly renovated guest rooms have air conditioning, most with private balconies...

Ciragan Kempinski Hotel Istanbul