Secrets of the Blue Mosque and the

Secrets of the Blue Mosque and the
I. Sultan in Sedefkar architect Mehmet Aga in 1616 by Ahmet Blue Mosque Hagia Sophia was built in the face, by the Europeans because it is decorated with Iznik tiles, the "Blue Mosque (Blue Mosque)," and suggested the forefront of the city's top tourist places .. Blue Mosque, the only imperial mosque with 6 minarets in Turkey but also carries the distinction of becoming.

Transferred with 6 minarets, the legend is as follows:

"Sultan I.Ahmet period, wanted to make the minarets gold, but gold that would be used for covering the value exceeded the budget of Sultan mosque, the architect Mehmet Aga Sedefkar allegedly ordered the wrong hearing this 'gold' the word" six "by six minarets, the mosque has been constructed."

The west entrance of the courtyard, iron is a heavy cord. This cord, into the courtyard of the sultan horse eğmesini required to avoid hitting his head. This should give the sultan to show rearrange itself for entering the mosque, even a symbolic action was being considered.

Blue Mosque, is too bright. Experienced a revolution in the cause of colored glass to download the brawl. Building, 19th century had a very bad restoration. Restoration of the Greeks have done.