The Historian · Zeynep · Istanbul
Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Mosque)
A young sultan built this to out-monument Justinian and outshine Mecca. The ambition is the history.
Sultan Ahmed I's 1616 mosque with six minarets, deliberately set to answer Hagia Sophia across the square.
— Zeynep, The Historian
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