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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Mosques in Isanbul and Bursa by Zander


                Istanbul and Bursa have different styles of mosques. All the mosques that I have been to have minarets. Minarets are towers that are on top of mosques. People go on top of them and sing during prayer time. What I have also noticed is that all the mosques have domes. There could be anywhere from 1 to 20 but they all have them. Mosques all have really nice designs, paintings, mosaics, and really fancy alters and statues. In Turkey, there are tons of different types of mosques with all different styles.
Domes on the Great Mosque in Bursa.
            Bursa and Istanbul have very unique styled mosques. On the inside, there are a lot of different styles and designs. In Bursa, they do simple designs in the Great Mosques.There are not as many florals, and paintings as there are in the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.  But in Istanbul, they deck it out; they have murals and mosaics.  There are lots of paintings in the Hagia Sophia, and the Blue Mosques. In Mosques in Istanbul and Bursa has domes big or small. In Istanbul's Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosques, there are really fancy big domes. While in Bursa, there are lots of small domes. I like the Hagia Sophia the best because it has a really elaborate dome. There are paintings and Arabic writing all over the inside of the dome. All the Mosques that are in Istanbul and Bursa have minarets. They have them so people can sing and the whole city can hear them. The Mosques in Istanbul and Bursa have domes, minarets, and really cool insides.
Intirior of the Hagia Sophia Dome.
           My favorite Mosque was the Hagias Sophia because it has a really big elaborate dome. I also like the really small mosques, because they only have one tower, and the inside is usually really ornate. In all the cities in Turkey that I have been to, there have been tons of mosques all over the place. Seeing mosques like the Blue Mosque in Istanbul and the Great Mosque in Bursa made me notice that they don’t build all there mosques the same, and that there are some differences in the Mosques. 
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2 comments:

  1. elizabethFebruary 19, 2012 at 9:59 PM

    Zander--thanks for the descriptions of domes and mosques. I suspect that you've had more than your fill of architecture by this time. I know that your itinerary is one set of buildings or monuments after another. Unfortunately Greece will be even more of that.

    But all those old buildings exist in some modern context that is also interesting. Now I'm wondering what about the modern context might strike you as interesting or notable. And how the contexts [life as you encounter it there] differ between India and Egypt, for instance. Are the people and how they seem when you interact with them the same? Different? Are they fun? Serious? Pushy? Not?

    And when you get to Greece, I'll be very interested in what you think about how things there are going economically. Greece is facing a huge crisis--which your Dad and Ron can explain. So you may see some of the effects of the problems.

    And there may be other ideas you will have about interesting things to write about. Your more recent post about how you are feeling about the trip at this stage is really good and personal and different--and I can hear "your voice" in what you write. That makes it good.

    much, much love--bippy

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  2. elizabethFebruary 19, 2012 at 10:00 PM

    ps. great picture of the hagia sofia dome!!! It's gorgeous.

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