Sultanahmet Camii
Image View Description:
Interior: Central Dome
Date:
1609-1616
Location:
Istanbul (Turkey), Fatih District
Title Variant:
Blue Mosque, Sultan Ahmed Camii
Work Type:
architecture
Material / Technique:
marble, stone, Iznik tiles
Culture:
Islamic, Turkish
Creator:
Sedefkar Mehmed Agha ((Sedefqar Mehmeti of Elbasan) Ottoman architect, circa 1540-1617), Ahmed I (Ottoman patron, 1590-1617)
Style / Period:
Late Classical Ottoman
Subject:
Islam
Measurements:
240ft by 213ft; dome height: 141ft; dome width: 77.1ft; minaret height: 210ft
Digital Media Source
Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History & Archaeology, Columbia University, produced as a part of the Istanbul Documentation Project
Digitized Media Source
Record ID:
1213_istanbul2003_sultanahmedmosque_img_013
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