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Sultan Ahmed Camii is one of Istanbul’s most famous mosques. It is also known as the “Blue Mosque” due to its interior decorations adorned with blue-colored patterns. Located on the Historic Peninsula, it stands directly opposite Hagia Sophia. It serves both as a place of worship and as a historical monument. History of Sultan Ahmed CamiiThis grand mosque was commissioned by Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I. Construction began in 1609 and was completed in 1616. The architect of the mosque was Sedefkâr Meh

Serpentine Column is a bronze monument notable for its history spanning from the ancient Greek world through Byzantine and Ottoman times, located today in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet Square. Originally part of a tripod erected at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi as a victory monument following the Battle of Plataea (479 BCE), in which Greek city-states defeated the Persians, the column was designed in its original form as a three-legged tripod with a golden or gold-plated cauldron supported by three in