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Istanbul —
Istanbul skies change with the seasons, the cloudless days and twinkling Bosphorus of summer edged out by the maritime fogs and flinty seas of the darker months.
However, there’s one place in the city where the heavens always glow a rich cerulean: inside the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, popularly known as the Blue Mosque.
Signifying the sky and the infinite cosmos, blue holds deep spiritual meaning in Islamic culture, and it’s the defining hue inside this 17th-century masterpiece of Ottoman architecture.
