The Blue Mosque up close

05/14/2008 | Location: Istanbul, Turkey

The building is decorated with verses from the Qur'an, carved in gold calligraphy on the walls.

(Photo by Thushan Amarasiriwardena, caption by Brian Rogers / LongJaunt.com)

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