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08-JUN-2008

Istanbul june 2008 1029.jpg

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A large circular calligraphic inscription, painted on one of the pendentives connecting the dome of the Sultan Ahmet (‘Blue’) Mosque with the four massive pillars that support it. These murals have been restored in their original early-17th century style in the 1980s.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Sources: ‘Guides Bleus: Turquie’ – Edition 1986 .

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