The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is a historical mosque in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and the capital of the Ottoman Empire (from 1453 to 1923). The mosque is one of several mosques known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its its interior.
It was built between 1609 and 1616, during the rule of Ahmed 1. Like many other mosques, it also comprises a tomb of the founder, a madrasah and a hospice. The Sultan Ahmad Mosque has become one of the largest tourist attractions of Istanbul.
Arcitectural type is mosque and the style is Islamic late classical Ottoman. The mosque's dimensions are 64m X 72m. The maasive scale of this mosque is best appreciated from a distance. It is the only mosque in Turkey with six minarets.
There is an interesting story of the mosque, according to it, Sultah Ahmed 1 wanted to have a minaret made of gold which is "altin" in Turkish. The architect misunderstood him as "alti" which means "six" in English.
However, when the architect was shivering as "am I going to be beheaded", the Sultan liked the minarets so much. Prior to that time, no sultan had a mosque with six minarets.
The Sydney Opera House is an expressionist modern design, with a series of large precast concrete 'shells'[2], each taken from a hemisphere of the same radius, forming the roofs of the structure. The Opera House covers 1.8 hectares (4.5 acres) of land. It is 183 metres (605 feet) long and about 120 metres (388 feet) wide at its widest point. It is supported on 588 concrete piers sunk up to 25 metres below sea level. Its power supply is equivalent for a town of 25,000 people. The power is distributed by 645 kilometres of electrical cable.[citation needed]
The roofs of the House are covered with 1,056,006 glossy white and matte cream Swedish-made tiles[3], though from a distance the tiles look only white. Despite their self-cleaning nature, they are still subject to periodic maintenance and replacement.[citation needed]
The Concert Hall and Opera Theatre are each contained in the two largest groups of shells, and the other theatres are located on the sides of the shell groupings. The form of the shells is chosen to reflect the internal height requirements, rising from the low entrance spaces, over the seating areas and up to the high stage towers. A much smaller group of shells set to one side of the Monumental steps houses the Bennelong Restaurant. Although the roof structures of the Sydney Opera House are commonly referred to as shells (as they are in this article), they are in fact not shells in a strictly structural sense, but are instead precast concrete panels supported by precast concrete ribs. The building's interior is composed of pink granite quarried in Tarana and wood and brush box plywood supplied from Wauchope in northern New South Wales.[4]
The Sydney Opera House contains five main performance spaces, other areas used for performances, a recording studio, five restaurants, and four souvenir shops.
The five venues making up the main performance facilities:
The Concert Hall, with 2,679 seats, is the home of the Sydney Symphony, and used by a large number of other concert presenters. It contains the Sydney Opera House Grand Organ, the largest mechanical tracker action organ in the world, with over 15,999 pipes.[citation needed] The Opera Theatre, a proscenium theatre with 1,654 seats, is the Sydney home of Opera Australia and The Australian Ballet. The Drama Theatre, a proscenium theatre with 544 seats, is used by the Sydney Theatre Company and other dance and theatrical presenters The Playhouse, an end-stage theatre with 398 seats The Studio, a flexible space, with a maximum capacity of 400 people, depending on configuration Other spaces used for performances and other events include:
The Utzon Room , a small multi-purpose venue, seating up to 210. It is the only interior space to have been designed by Utzon, having been renovated in 2004 under his direction. The Forecourt, a flexible open-air venue with a wide range of configuration options, including utilising the Monumental Steps as audience seating, used for a range of community events, Live Sites, and special-occasion performances Besides theatrical productions and concerts, venues at the Sydney Opera House are also used for activities such as conferences, ceremonies, and social functions.
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The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is a historical mosque in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and the capital of the Ottoman Empire (from 1453 to 1923). The mosque is one of several mosques known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its its interior.
It was built between 1609 and 1616, during the rule of Ahmed 1. Like many other mosques, it also comprises a tomb of the founder, a madrasah and a hospice. The Sultan Ahmad Mosque has become one of the largest tourist attractions of Istanbul.
Arcitectural type is mosque and the style is Islamic late classical Ottoman. The mosque's dimensions are 64m X 72m. The maasive scale of this mosque is best appreciated from a distance. It is the only mosque in Turkey with six minarets.
There is an interesting story of the mosque, according to it, Sultah Ahmed 1 wanted to have a minaret made of gold which is "altin" in Turkish. The architect misunderstood him as "alti" which means "six" in English.
However, when the architect was shivering as "am I going to be beheaded", the Sultan liked the minarets so much. Prior to that time, no sultan had a mosque with six minarets.
The Sydney Opera House is an expressionist modern design, with a series of large precast concrete 'shells'[2], each taken from a hemisphere of the same radius, forming the roofs of the structure. The Opera House covers 1.8 hectares (4.5 acres) of land. It is 183 metres (605 feet) long and about 120 metres (388 feet) wide at its widest point. It is supported on 588 concrete piers sunk up to 25 metres below sea level. Its power supply is equivalent for a town of 25,000 people. The power is distributed by 645 kilometres of electrical cable.[citation needed]
The roofs of the House are covered with 1,056,006 glossy white and matte cream Swedish-made tiles[3], though from a distance the tiles look only white. Despite their self-cleaning nature, they are still subject to periodic maintenance and replacement.[citation needed]
The Concert Hall and Opera Theatre are each contained in the two largest groups of shells, and the other theatres are located on the sides of the shell groupings. The form of the shells is chosen to reflect the internal height requirements, rising from the low entrance spaces, over the seating areas and up to the high stage towers. A much smaller group of shells set to one side of the Monumental steps houses the Bennelong Restaurant. Although the roof structures of the Sydney Opera House are commonly referred to as shells (as they are in this article), they are in fact not shells in a strictly structural sense, but are instead precast concrete panels supported by precast concrete ribs. The building's interior is composed of pink granite quarried in Tarana and wood and brush box plywood supplied from Wauchope in northern New South Wales.[4]
The Sydney Opera House contains five main performance spaces, other areas used for performances, a recording studio, five restaurants, and four souvenir shops.
The five venues making up the main performance facilities:
The Concert Hall, with 2,679 seats, is the home of the Sydney Symphony, and used by a large number of other concert presenters. It contains the Sydney Opera House Grand Organ, the largest mechanical tracker action organ in the world, with over 15,999 pipes.[citation needed]
The Opera Theatre, a proscenium theatre with 1,654 seats, is the Sydney home of Opera Australia and The Australian Ballet.
The Drama Theatre, a proscenium theatre with 544 seats, is used by the Sydney Theatre Company and other dance and theatrical presenters
The Playhouse, an end-stage theatre with 398 seats
The Studio, a flexible space, with a maximum capacity of 400 people, depending on configuration
Other spaces used for performances and other events include:
The Utzon Room , a small multi-purpose venue, seating up to 210. It is the only interior space to have been designed by Utzon, having been renovated in 2004 under his direction.
The Forecourt, a flexible open-air venue with a wide range of configuration options, including utilising the Monumental Steps as audience seating, used for a range of community events, Live Sites, and special-occasion performances
Besides theatrical productions and concerts, venues at the Sydney Opera House are also used for activities such as conferences, ceremonies, and social functions.
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