SULTAN AHMAD MOSQUE...!

-          AKA: The Blue Mosque
-          Location: Istanbul, Turkey
-          Built in: 1609 and 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I
-          Special Features:

• Lined with more than 20,000 handmade ceramic tiles
• The upper levels of the interior are dominated by blue paint
• More than 200 stained glass windows with intricate designs admit natural light
• On the chandeliers, ostrich eggs are found that were meant to avoid cobwebs inside the mosque by repelling spiders
• The decorations include verses from the Qur’an, many of them made by Seyyid Kasim Gubari...!