Hagia Irene
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Hagia Irene or Hagia Eirene, sometimes known also as Saint Irene, is a former Eastern Orthodox church located in the outer courtyard of Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. It is the oldest known church struct
Hagia Irene, Istanbul
The Dome of Hagia Irene, with a crescent Alem, an Ottoman religious decoration that was added on top of Military colours and domes of mosques or converted churches.
Hagia Eirene (photo between 1888 and 1910). The current building dates from 532. Its predecessor was the first church building commissioned by Constantine in Constantinople.
Capital with monogram ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, "of the king"
Topkapı Palace
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The Topkapı Palace or the Seraglio, is a large museum and library in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey. From the 1460s to the completion of Dolmabahçe Palace in 1853, it served as t
Hagia Irene
…Holy Peace", Turkish: Aya İrini), sometimes known also as Saint Irene, is a former Eastern Orthodox church located in the outer courtyard of Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. It is the oldest known church structure in the city and one of only two Byzantine churches still standing in Istanbul today that were never…
View of the Topkapı Palace from the Golden Horn
Bağdat Köşkü, or Kiosk of Baghdad, located in Topkapı Palace, It was built under Sultan Murad IV.
Gate of Salutation
Sultan Mehmed II ordered the initial construction around the 1460s