Minaret
View from
Hagia Sophia
Minaret
Close-up
My Photos
Spring 2001 & 2002
Istanbul, Turkey - Blue Mosque
Nearby park
View from the
park
Through the
trees
Kate, HMB &
Neil
Josh
The Blue Mosque in Istanbul is just beautiful.  It was built in the
baroque era - 15-1600s or thereabout and is still in use today.  Tourists
to the worshippers.  In addition, women wearing shorts or short skirts
are offered a cloth to wrap around them as a skirt as they ask for you to
be a bit more conservative on the inside.  

Sophia, which was originally built as a church back in the 4th century.  
Modern day orthodox churches - and mosques - are modeled after it.