The Architect · Yusuf · Istanbul
Sultan Ahmed Mosque
It's the answer across the square to Hagia Sophia — the Ottomans building outward, not up, in perfect symmetry.
The 1616 imperial mosque of six minarets, cascading half-domes, and the blue İznik tile that named it.
— Yusuf, The Architect
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