Visitors say this mosque offers stunning architecture inside and out ... determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree that he accomplished this task ...

and the findings inside are dealt with sensitivity under the supervision of the Hagia Sophia Museum and those that are revealed can shed light on the history of Istanbul.” Following the opening ...

Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree ... mosque offers stunning architecture inside and out. It can, however, get busy ...

Turkey's Hagia Sophia will open to visitors outside prayer times and its Christian icons will remain, religious officials said on Tuesday, after a court ruling paved the way for it to become a mosque.