Come Fly with Me to TURKEY / Sultanahmet, the Blue Mosque
November 15, 2013It was last November 2 when I got a chance to visit for the first time The Blue Mosque – SULTANAHMET CAMII [Turkish] or Sultan Ahmed Mosque (click to read more). Friend from UP Film Center days, Rowena Martinez Ulayan-Tuzcuoglu, Istanbul resident and known visual artist in Turkey brought us to the site I never imagined I would one day be. Despite coming from a country majority of whom are Catholics, I found the place simply marvelous!
My first view of the magnificent Sultanamet Camii or The Blue Mosque in Istanbul. I viewed it with wonder and awe! It appeared to me as fairy-tale like.
Closer shot of the minarets
Inside the mosque court
Take note of the paper like objects flying around one of the minarets…
…they are in fact, birds, seagulls I believe. They quite struck me as they actively animate the place along with tourists visiting the mosque.
The floor rug inside the mosque building. Shoes must be removed before entering it. Plastic are provided on bins placed at the main entrance lobby. Women must cover their heads [hair only] with cloth, in my case, shawl, as sign of reverence.
View of Sultanahmet as we leave the place on the way to Hagia Sophia side opposite it.
Leaving the beautiful mosque behind
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Wonderful pictures, Mirana. Catch up catch up sana tayo but now busy with post-yolanda 🙂
Oo nga! Grabe nangyari! Unimaginable! Pang Bibliya mga eksena..
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