The Blue Mosque-Cairo-Egypt

 The Blue Mosque-Cairo-Egypt: The name "Blue Mosque" for the Aqsunqur Mosque derives from its floral tile work on the qibla wall, tiled from floor to ceiling in beautiful blue colored tiles in the style of ceramics manufacture in Iznik in Turkey, although the quality suggests they are provincial imitations possibly from Damascus.

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