Blue Mosque (Istanbul, Turkey)

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9.17.2012- The Blue Mosque in Istanbul is magical.  In August, the combination of it with the beautiful pink flowering trees made for a great picture.  The interior is equally as breathtaking.  A mosque only needs one minaret, but this one has 6 (only 3 of them are visible in this picture).  The other 5 were built because the sultan building it wanted to display how much wealth he had for the world to see.

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