The Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, is a grand mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. It is a functioning mosque with five prayers scheduled per day. Visitors are allowed to visit during non-prayer hours. This is when I visited the mosque during my trip to Turkey.

What is immediately noticeable about the mosque is the vast amount of open space. That vastness makes it hard not to feel the significance of the place. I imagine its purpose is to allow as many people as possible to be able to participate in prayer. When prayer occurs, it is in direction of the beautiful stained glass windows (pictured below). But what I find most pleasing about the building are the intricate designs on the interior main dome. Attached to the dome, is a massive low-hanging chandelier. This made the mosque on of the highlights of my visit to Turkey.