The Sultan Ahmed Mosque or Sultan Ahmet Mosque (Turkish: Sultan Ahmet Camii) is a historic mosque in Istanbul. The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. It was built from 1609 to 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I. Its contains a tomb of the founder, a madrasah and a hospice. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is still popularly used as a mosque.
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque has one main dome, six minarets, and eight secondary domes. The design is the culmination of two centuries of Ottoman mosque development. It incorporates some Byzantine Christian elements of the neighboring Hagia Sophia with traditional Islamic architecture and is considered to be the last great mosque of the classical period. The architect, synthesized the ideas of his master Sinan, aiming for overwhelming size, majesty, and splendor.
Fethi Pasha Grove (Fethi Korusu) is a large park in Istanbul, Turkey, on the hillside coming right down to the Bosphorus shore in the area. It is located between Kuzguncuk and Sultantepe neighborhoods in the district on the Asian side of Istanbul. It is named after the Ottoman governor, ambassador, and minister Fethi Ahmet Pasha. After long years of neglect, it has been recently renovated and opened to the public for recreation. It has a scenic view of Bosphorus Bridge and the European side of Istanbul.
The Emirgan Park (Turkish: Emirgan Korusu or rarely Emirgan Park) is a historical urban park located at the Emirgan neighborhood in the Sarayer district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European coast of the Bosphorus. It is one of the largest public parks in Istanbul.
Ortaköy Mosque (Turkish: Ortaköy Camii), officially the Mecidiye Camii (Grand Imperial Mosque of Sultan Abdülmecid) in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey, is situated at the waterside of the Ortaköy pier square, one of the most popular locations on the Bosphorus. The current mosque, which was erected in its place, was ordered by the Ottoman sultan Abdülmecid and built between 1854 and 1856. Its architects were Armenian father and son Garabet Amira Balyan and Nigoayos Balyan (who also designed the nearby Dolmabahşe Palace and the Dolmabahşe Mosque), who designed it in the Neo-Baroque style.
This tower at the slopes of Galata is visible everywhere in the city and is 61 m. tall. The tower is at the hill which overlooks both to the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara. One day, a scientist named Hazerfen Ahmet Çelebi jumped down the tower and flew to the opposite side of the Bosphorus strait by using the wings which he had invented ( 17th century )
The Maidens Tower (Turkish: Kız Kulesi), also known as Leanders Tower (Tower of Leandros) since the medieval Byzantine period, is a tower lying on a small islet located at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait 200 m (220 yds) from the coast of Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey.