The Fatih Mosque is a cornerstone of Turkish architecture and was commissioned in 1453 by Sultan Mehmed II after his victorious conquest of Constantinople at the mere age of 21. The architect Atik Sinan was tasked with the job of designing a dome that was larger than that of Hagia Sophia's but the resulting dome turned out four meters smaller in diameter, and it was said that the Sultan ordered for the architect's hands to be chopped off for his mistake. However, most of what you see today is not the original from the 15th century, owing to an earthquake in 1766 that nearly destroyed the whole building. Hence, the current structure is largely a restored version, which takes on a baroque style interior that was more popular during the refurbishment in the 1770s.