Sultan Ahmet Mosque

500 Educa (34 x 48)
Sultan Ahmet Mosque
Photographer Unknown
Production Date Unknown

This was one of the first puzzles I completed back in the early 2000's. I framed it and gifted it to my son. Unfortunately, I no longer have the box and can't find an image of it online.

I've been luck enough to visit the mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, several times and it is always a highlight when traveling to Istanbul.

From Wikipedia:

The Blue Mosque, officially the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultanahmet Camii), is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was constructed between 1609 and 1617 during the rule of Ahmed I. It attracts a large number of tourists and is one of the most iconic and popular monuments of Ottoman architecture.

The mosque has a classical Ottoman layout with a central dome surrounded by four semi-domes over the prayer hall. It is fronted by a large courtyard and flanked by six minarets. On the inside, it is decorated with thousands of Iznik tiles and painted floral motifs in predominantly blue colours, which give the mosque its popular name. The mosque's külliye (religious complex) includes Ahmed's tomb, a madrasa, and several other buildings in various states of preservation.

The mosque was built next to the former Hippodrome and stands across from the Hagia Sophia, another popular tourist site. The Blue Mosque was included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1985 under the name of "Historic Areas of Istanbul".