Blue Mosque-Istanbul Attractions

A Mosque or Blue Mosque with its mighty dome (43m/141ft high, 23.5m/77ft in diameter) and five minarets, built by Sultan Ahmet I in 1609-16. The forecourt, with a pretty fountain in the middle, is surrounded by colonnades roofed with a series of small domes. The inside (72m/235ft by 64m/210ft), in its lightness, spatial effect and color, is of the finest creations of Turkish architecture.

Hobbies & Activities section: Islamic site or artifact collection; Standalone sculpture, statue or fountain

This comes from Iznik ceramics, ceramic-producing areas in Turkey first class. Dominated blue pottery, so that the mosque was nicknamed the Blue Mosque. Sultan Ahmed Mosque interior attractive mosque. The mosque is located in Istanbul, Turkey. Interior of the mosque was decorated with over twenty,000 handmade ceramic with over 50 different designs. There's marble pillars and over 200 stained glass windows with various designs that emit light from the outside with the help of chandeliers. The ostrich egg chandeliers placed to prevent the spider made a nest there.

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Cannon Gate Palace istanbul Tourist Attractions

The Topkapi Sarayi is surrounded by 5km of walls. The series of open courtyards are covered with 50,00 white roses in 1593. The second court enclosed flowerbeds and roses with plane trees and cypresses give shade. In the third court is a collection of fine trees such as magnolias, box, Atlas cedar and Lagerstroemia indica, in the coursework of summer there's scented flowers. The fourth courtyard contains pavilions that are surrounded with flowers, trees and shrubs.

(Local Name: Istanbul - Topkapi Sarayi / Eski Saray) From the Soguk  Cesme Gate in Istanbul they bear half right to the Topkapi Sarayi (Cannon Gate Palace) or Eski Saray (Elderly Palace), the elderly palace-city of the Sultans, built on the Seraglio Point hill, of the five hills of New Rome, on the site of the acropolis and the earliest settlement of Byzantion. This great complex of buildings set in gardens (now open to the public) bounded by battlemented walls and towers, consists of various buildings outside the main precincts (the Archeological Museum, the Mint, the church of Hagia Eirene, etc.) and, beyond these, the Inner Seraglio. Mehmet II built a summer palace here in 1468, and this was enlarged by Sulaeiman

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Centre Pompidou Paris Attractions

Within, the Musse National d'Art Moderne has an impressive collection of Italian and international modern and contemporary art and design from 1914 to the present, including impressive holdings by Matisse, Chagall, Picasso and the Surrealists. Located onsite, , are the Brancusi Studio (open 2-6pm), temporary exhibition spaces, Galerie des Enfants, which puts on special exhibits for children, a public library, performance space, cinema, shop, bookstore and restaurant.

This modern building  with its color-coded mechanical systems highly visible on the outside has become an icon of modern architecture.

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Louvre Museum Paris Attractions

Originally built in 1190 as a fortress, part of which can be viewed in the basement, the Louvre began taking its present form during the 16th century under Renaissance monarch François 1er, whose successors began filling it with artworks, but didn't officially open as a museum until 1793 after the French Revolution. 

The world's largest, richest collection of art and antiques occupies the Louvre, the world's largest museum and a one-time royal palace.  In 1981,  As well as western art up until 1848 including Leonardo's Mona Lisa and masterpieces of French Romanticism by Delacroix and Géricault, collections take in decorative arts, Greek and Roman antiquities; Mesopotamia and the very popular Ancient Egyptian department, much loved by kids. Free admission first Sunday of the month. There are excellent book and gift shops and several cafés on site. 

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