Night view outside my hotel window of Blue
Mosque |
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Night view outside my hotel window of a smaller Mosque |
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Daytime view outside my hotel window |
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Daytime view outside my hotel window |
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Dome of the Blue Mosque |
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Inside the Blue Mosque with prayer niche against the wall
facing Mecca |
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Inside the Blue Mosque |
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Inside the Blue Mosque showing massive column |
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Blue Mosque courtyard |
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Blue Mosque courtyard with fountain |
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Blue Mosque courtyard |
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The Blue Mosque |
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Aya Sophia |
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Aya Sophia flying buttress |
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Aya Sophia vaulted ceiling in the narthex |
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The mosaic over the Emperor's door |
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Emperor's door where the Emperor would enter the church
for worship |
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A Seraph |
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Central dome |
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Aya Sofya prayer niche against the wall just off center
in order to face Mecca |
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The mosaic of Virgin Mary and the Child on the semi-dome
of the absis |
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View of central hall |
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Side hall |
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Side hall |
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The Emperor's place for crowing and worship |
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