"Mosques stand side by side.
Minarets pierce clouds with grace.
Blue domes kiss the sky."
— h/t ChatGPT
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| From 2024 05 06 Istanbul |
Today's photo-of-the-day is of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. The Blue Mosque was completed in 1616. It was designed as an imperial show of strength. If you think the Blue Mosque is old, look next door at the Hagia Sophia, completed over a thousand years earlier in 537 CE. Hagia Sophia was a Christian church until 1453, when it was converted to a mosque. It was the world's largest building for nearly a thousand years.
A photo of Hagia Sophia is after the jump.
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| From 2024 05 06 Istanbul |
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