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Blue Mosque

The Blue Mosque, also known as the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in , . It was constructed between 1609 and 1617 during the rule of Ahmed I.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: historic mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey, also known as Blue Mosque
  • Also known as: “Blue Mosque, Istanbul”, “Sultan Ahmed I Mosque”, “Sultan Ahmed Mosque”, “Sultan Ahmet Camii”, and “The Blue Mosque”
Photo: Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hagia Sophia and Sultan Ahmed Square.

Mosque
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, officially the Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in , . It was formerly a church and a . is situated 450 metres northeast of Blue Mosque.

Square
Photo: Antoine-François Andréossy, Public domain.
The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square in , Turkey, known as Sultanahmet Square. is situated 150 metres north of Blue Mosque.

Obelisk
The is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III, first erected during the 18th dynasty of Egypt. It was re-erected in the of Constantinople by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD. is situated 130 metres northwest of Blue Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mollafenari and Beyazıt.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 99. It is on the European side of .

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Quarter
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is a quarter in district of . It is located along the northern shore of Marmara Sea. Up to recent times, is the center of the Armenian community of the city, boasting a school and several churches.

Blue Mosque

Latitude
41.0053° or 41° 0′ 19″ north
Longitude
28.9767° or 28° 58′ 36″ east
Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)
Open location code
8GHC2X4G+4M
Geo­Names ID
6947647
Wiki­data ID
Q80541
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Blue Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Meuseujid Sultan Ahmad”
  • Afrikaans: “Blou Moskee”
  • Afrikaans: “Sultan Ahmed-moskee”
  • Afrikaans: “Sultan Ahmet-moskee”
  • Albanian: “Xhamia e Sulltan Ahmetit”
  • Arabic: “الجامع الأزرق”
  • Arabic: “الجامع الازرق”
  • Arabic: “المسجد الأزرق”
  • Arabic: “المسجد الازرق”
  • Arabic: “جامع السلطان أحمد”
  • Arabic: “مسجد السلطان أحمد”
  • Armenian: “Կապույտ մզկիթ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sultan Əhməd camisi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sultan Əhməd məscidi”
  • Bashkir: “Солтанәхмәт мәсете”
  • Basque: “Meskita Urdina”
  • Basque: “Mezkita Urdina”
  • Basque: “Sultan Ahmed meskita”
  • Basque: “Sultan Ahmeden meskita”
  • Belarusian: “Блакітная мячэць”
  • Bengali: “সুলতান আহমেদ মসজিদ”
  • Bhojpuri: “सुल्तान अहमद मस्जिद”
  • Bosnian: “Džamija sultana Ahmeda”
  • Bulgarian: “Джамия Султан Ахмед”
  • Bulgarian: “Джамията Султан Ахмет”
  • Bulgarian: “Синя джамия”
  • Bulgarian: “Султан Ахмед джамия”
  • Catalan: “mesquita blava”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita Blava”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita del sultà Ahmed”
  • Central Kurdish: “مزگەوتی سوڵتان ئەحمەد”
  • Chechen: “Султанахмет маьждиг”
  • Chinese: “艾哈邁德蘇丹清真寺”
  • Chinese: “苏丹艾哈迈德墓一号”
  • Chinese: “苏丹艾哈迈德清真寺”
  • Chinese: “蘇丹艾哈邁德清真寺”
  • Chinese: “蘇丹艾美清真寺”
  • Croatian: “Ahmedija”
  • Croatian: “Džamija sultana Ahmeta”
  • Croatian: “Sultan Ahmet Camii”
  • Czech: “Mešita Sultan Ahmed”
  • Czech: “Mešita sultána Ahmeda”
  • Czech: “Modrá mešita”
  • Danish: “Den Blå Moske”
  • Danish: “Sultan Ahmets Moske”
  • Dutch: “Sultan Ahmetmoskee”
  • Dutch: “Sultanahmet-moskee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامع السلطان احمد”
  • Esperanto: “Blua moskeo”
  • Estonian: “Sultan Ahmedi mošee”
  • Finnish: “Sultanahmet camii”
  • Finnish: “Sulttaani Ahmedin moskeija”
  • French: “Mosquee bleue”
  • French: “mosquée bleue”
  • French: “Mosquée bleue”
  • French: “Mosquée du Sultan Ahmet”
  • French: “Sultanahmet Camii”
  • Fulah: “Blue Mosque, Istanbul”
  • Galician: “Mesquita Azul”
  • Georgian: “სულთან აჰმედის მეჩეთი”
  • Georgian: “ცისფერი მეჩეთი”
  • German: “Blaue Moschee”
  • German: “Sultan Ahmed Camii”
  • German: “Sultan Ahmed Camisi”
  • German: “Sultan Ahmed Moschee”
  • German: “Sultan Ahmet Camii”
  • German: “Sultan Ahmet Camisi”
  • German: “Sultan Ahmet Moschee”
  • German: “Sultan-Ahmed-Moschee”
  • German: “Sultan-Ahmet-Moschee”
  • German: “Sultanahmed Camii”
  • German: “Sultanahmet Camii”
  • Greek: “Αχμεντιέ Τζαμί”
  • Greek: “Αχμέτ Τζαμί”
  • Greek: “Μπλε Τζαμί”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Sultan Ahmed I”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Sultan Ahmed”
  • Hebrew: “המסגד הכחול”
  • Hebrew: “ככעכככאחמט”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד פטיה”
  • Hindi: “सुल्तान अहमद मस्जिद”
  • Hungarian: “Ahmed szultán mecsetje”
  • Hungarian: “Kék mecset”
  • Hungarian: “Sultanahmet Camii”
  • Icelandic: “Bláa moskan”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Sultan Ahmed”
  • Italian: “moschea Blu”
  • Italian: “Moschea Blu”
  • Italian: “Sultanahmet camii”
  • Japanese: “スルターンアフメット・ジャーミー”
  • Japanese: “スルターンアフメット・モスク”
  • Japanese: “スルタンアフメット・モスク”
  • Japanese: “スルタンアフメト・ジャーミイ”
  • Japanese: “スルタンアフメト・モスク”
  • Japanese: “ブルーモスク”
  • Javanese: “Masjid Biru”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Blue Mosque, Istanbul”
  • Kazakh: “Көгілдір мешіт”
  • Kazakh: “Сұлтанахмет мешіті”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Sultanahmet”
  • Kirghiz: “Султан Акмат мечити”
  • Komi: “Султанахмет мечеть”
  • Korean: “블루 모스크”
  • Korean: “술탄 아메드 모스크”
  • Korean: “술탄 아흐메트 모스크”
  • Latin: “Meschita Sultani Achmetis”
  • Latvian: “Sultāna Ahmeda mošeja”
  • Lithuanian: “Mėlynoji mečetė”
  • Lithuanian: “Sultono Ahmedo mečetė”
  • Macedonian: “Султан Ахмедова џамија”
  • Malay: “Masjid Sultan Ahmed”
  • Malayalam: “Sultan Ahmed Mosque”
  • Malayalam: “നീല മസ്ജിദ്”
  • Malayalam: “സുൽത്താൻ അഹ്മദ് മസ്ജിദ്”
  • Marathi: “सुलतान अहमद मशीद”
  • Marathi: “सुल्तान अहमद मशीद”
  • Nepali: “सुल्तान अहमद मस्जिद”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den blå moské”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den blå moskeen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den blå moskéen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sultan Ahmed Mosque”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sultan Ahmed-moskeen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sultanahmet Camii”
  • Norwegian: “Sultan Ahmed-moskeen”
  • Persian: “مسجد سلطان احمد”
  • Polish: “Błękitny Meczet”
  • Polish: “Meczet Ahmeda Camii”
  • Polish: “Meczet Sułtana Ahmeda”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita Azul”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de Sultan Ahmet”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de Sultanahmed”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de Sultanahmet”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita do Sultão Ahmed”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita do Sultão Ahmet”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita Sultan Ahmet”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita Sultanahmed”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita Sultanahmet”
  • Portuguese: “Sultan-Ahmet-Moschee”
  • Pushto: “د سلطان احمد جومات”
  • Romanian: “Moscheea Albastră din Istanbul”
  • Romanian: “Moscheea Sultan Ahmed”
  • Russian: “Голубая мечеть”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Султанахмед”
  • Scots: “Sultan Ahmed Mosque”
  • Serbian: “Plava Džamija”
  • Serbian: “Sultan Ahmedova džamija”
  • Serbian: “Плава џамија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Džamija sultana Ahmeta”
  • Slovak: “Modrá mešita (Istanbul)”
  • Slovak: “Modrá mešita”
  • Slovenian: “Modra mošeja”
  • Somali: “Masaajid Sultan Axmed”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita Azul”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita del Sultan Ahmed”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita del Sultán Ahmed”
  • Swahili: “Msikiti wa Sultan Ahmed”
  • Swedish: “Blå moskén i Istanbul”
  • Swedish: “Blå moskén, Istanbul”
  • Swedish: “Blå moskén”
  • Swedish: “Sultan Ahmed-moskén”
  • Swedish: “Sultanahmet Camii”
  • Tamil: “சுல்தான் அகமது பள்ளிவாசல்”
  • Tatar: “Солтан Әхмәт мәчете”
  • Thai: “มัสยิดสุลต่านอาเหม็ด”
  • Turkish: “Sultan Ahmed Camii”
  • Turkish: “Sultan Ahmet Camii”
  • Turkish: “Sultan Ahmet Camisi”
  • Turkish: “Sultanahmet Cami”
  • Turkish: “Sultanahmet Camii”
  • Turkish: “Sultanahmet Camisi”
  • Turkmen: “Gök metjit, Stambul”
  • Udmurt: “Лыз мечеть”
  • Udmurt: “Султанахмет мечеть”
  • Uighur: “سۇلتان ئاخمەت جامىي”
  • Ukrainian: “Блакитна мечеть”
  • Urdu: “سلطان احمد مسجد”
  • Urdu: “مسجد سلطان احمد”
  • Uzbek: “Ahmadiya masjidi”
  • Uzbek: “Ahmadiya Masjidi”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Hồi giáo Sultan Ahmed”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Moske Sultan Ahmed”
  • Welsh: “Mosg Glas”
  • Western Mari: “Симсӹ мечеть”
  • Western Mari: “Султанахмет мечеть”
  • Western Panjabi: “سلطان احمد مسجد”
  • Western Panjabi: “نیلی مسجد”
  • Wu Chinese: “苏丹艾哈迈德清真寺”
  • Yue Chinese: “蘇丹艾美清真寺”
  • “सुल्तान अहमद मस्जिद”

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