The Turkey at our Resort Hotel in Borobudur

The Scenery at Cappadocia

The Basilica Cistern in Istanbul

Inside the Blue Mosque, Istanbul

The Fairy Chimney, Cappadocia, Turkey

The Library at Celcius, Ephesus

The Çırağan Palace as seen from a Cruise Vessel on the Bosphorus Strait

Atop Cappadocia, Turkey

Weekly Photo Challenge: Resilient ( Library of Celsus Built almost 2000 Years Ago)

Weekly Photo Challenge: Look Up ( Blue Mosque )

This week’s DP photo challenge is Look Up.

It is hard not to look up the domes of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.

It must be one of the greatest Islamic architecture of all times.

The place is also beautifully lit with lights arranged in a spiral pattern.

You can wander around there for hours, with most of the time looking up to appreciate the beauty and grandness of the architecture.

Here is an introduction of the architecture from Wikipedia:

The Sultan Ahmed Mosque has five main domes, six minarets, and eight secondary domes. The design is the culmination of two centuries of Ottoman mosque development. It incorporates some Byzantine Christian elements of the neighboring Hagia Sophia with traditional Islamic Architecture and is considered to be the last great mosque of the classical period. The architect, Sedefkar Mehmed Aga, synthesized the ideas of his master Sinan, aiming for overwhelming size, majesty and splendour.

Please enjoy 🙂