Istanbul Trip Pictures
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| Night view outside my hotel window of Blue Mosque |  |
| Night view outside my hotel window of a smaller Mosque |  |
| Daytime view outside my hotel window |  |
| Daytime view outside my hotel window |  |
| Dome of the Blue Mosque |  |
| Inside the Blue Mosque with prayer niche against the wall facing Mecca |  |
| Inside the Blue Mosque |  |
| Inside the Blue Mosque showing massive column |  |
| Blue Mosque courtyard |  |
| Blue Mosque courtyard with fountain |  |
| Blue Mosque courtyard |  |
| The Blue Mosque |  |
| Aya Sophia |  |
| Aya Sophia flying buttress |  |
| Aya Sophia vaulted ceiling in the narthex |  |
| The mosaic over the Emperor's door |  |
| Emperor's door where the Emperor would enter the church for worship |  |
| A Seraph |  |
| Central dome |  |
| Aya Sofya prayer niche against the wall just off center in order to face Mecca |  |
| The mosaic of Virgin Mary and the Child on the semi-dome of the absis |  |
| View of central hall |  |
| Side hall |  |
| Side hall |  |
| The Emperor's place for crowing and worship |  |