Sultanahmet Camii

Exterior: Courtyard; Fountain

Creator

Sedefkar Mehmed Agha
Sedefqar Mehmeti of Elbasan
Ottoman
architect
circa 1540-1617
Ahmed I
Ottoman
patron
1590-1617
Title Variant
Blue Mosque, Sultan Ahmed Camii
Date

1609-1616

Measurements
240ft by 213ft; dome height: 141ft; dome width: 77.1ft; minaret height: 210ft

Material/Technique

marble
stone
Iznik tiles

Work Type

architecture

Style/Period

Late Classical Ottoman

Culture

Islamic
Turkish

Subject

Islam
Image Date
2003
Image Source

Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University