It was built between
1609-1616, and I was told it's one of the most
famous religious buildings in the world. Odd, since I'd never heard of
it till the day I showed up. But nonetheless...
For the record: It's not called the Blue Mosque because it's a place
where comedians can work blue, however. It's actually called the Blue
Mosque because of the blue tilework which help make the place so
beautiful.
Here's the ceiling...proving some its aforementioned blue-ness.
Because it's a mosque - and
thus, a holy place - everyone takes their shoes off. Which I'm cool
with.
But because thousands of
people are there with their shoes off...
The mosque has a definite funk to it.
And since I'm no Islamic scholar...heck, I'm no scholar at all...I
don't want to make any inappropriate comments about the place. So it's
beautiful - but maybe we should wave good-bye and take off.
Last thing I need to do is offend people of another religion. I do a
good enough job offending people of my own religion.
