Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul
One of the last masterpieces of classical Ottoman architecture, it is popularly known as the Blue Mosque, for the blue tiles on its inside walls.
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One of the last masterpieces of classical Ottoman architecture, it is popularly known as the Blue Mosque, for the blue tiles on its inside walls.
October 17, 2009
The view southwest across the Golden Horn, towards the magnificent Suleymaniye Mosque.
October 17, 2009
The iconostasis of the Church of St George, within the grounds of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in Istanbul. The Greek presence in Turkey is now small, but the Ecumenicl Patriarchate still serves at the spiritual home of the Greek Orthodox Church for believers in Greece and scattered all over the world. It claims its… [Read more…]
October 17, 2009
The Sufi dervishes of the Mevlevi order in Turkey are famous for their Sema, a ceremony in which they spin themselves into a trance-like state as a way of becoming closer to God.
October 17, 2009
I love their natty school uniforms – especially the collars.
October 16, 2009
Hagia Sophia. Santa Sophia. Aya Sofya. Church of Holy Wisdom. Has any other church in the world been witness to so many monumental events in history? The eruption of the Great Schism. The sacking of Constantinople by the Crusaders. The fall of the Byzantine Empire to the Ottoman Turks. Rebuilt many times over the years,… [Read more…]
October 17, 2009
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