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Photo Gallery: A Tour Through Istanbul Part of the Places of a Lifetime series from Traveler magazine
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Photo: Sultan Ahmet Mosque
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Sunset-gilded Sultan Ahmet Mosque, known as the Blue Mosque because of the many bluish tiles that decorate its interior, boasts no fewer than 30 domes.
Photograph by Giovanni Simeone/SIME-4Corners

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