Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque)
Name of Building
Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque)
Town or City, Country where the building was originally established
Istanbul, Turkey
Date the building was designed and/or first built
Construction begun: 1609
Construction completed: 1617
Construction completed: 1617
Name of Architect, Builder, or Primary Patron Responsible
Architect: Sedefkar Mehmed Agha (1540-1617)
Patron: Ahmed I (1590-1617)
Culturally Specific Time Period
Ottoman
Geo-Location
41.005620108419386, 28.976765520239326
Materials
Marble
Iznik tile, glass
Architectural Type
Religious
Image source
Image 1: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exterior_of_Sultan_Ahmed_I_Mosque,_(old_name_P1020390.jpg).jpg
Image 2: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Mosque_-_Istanbul.jpg
Image 3: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inside_Blue_Mosque_3.jpg
Image 4: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mosqu%C3%A9e_bleue_(48985210373).jpg
Image 5: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mosqu%C3%A9e_bleue_(48985209688).jpg
Image 6: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Relation_nouvelle_d%27un_voyage_de_Constantinople_-_enrichie_de_plans_levez_par_l%27auteur_sur_les_lieux,_and_des_figures_de_tout_ce_qu%27il_y_a_de_plus_remarquable_dans_cette_ville_(1680)_(14586728998).jpg
Creative Commons or other copyright information
Image 1: Creative Commons
Image 2: Rev Stan, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Image 3: Christian Perez, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Image 4: Creative Commons
Image 5: Creative Commons
Image 6: Creative Commons
Student First and Last Name
Brittany Lumanlan Martin
Citation
Architect: Sedefkar Mehmed Agha (1540-1617) and Patron: Ahmed I (1590-1617), “Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque),” World Architecture, accessed June 28, 2026, https://www.worldarchitecture.artinterp2.org/items/show/166.
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