Hagia Sophia
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Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. It was formerly a church and a museum. The last of three church buildi
Hagia Sophia in 2014
A Theodosian capital for a column, one of the few remains of the church of Theodosius II
A column and capital with a Greek cross
Porphyry column; column capital; impost block
Blue Mosque, Istanbul
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The Sultan Ahmed Mosque, popularly known as the Blue Mosque, is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was constructed between 1609 and 1617 during the rule of Ahmed
Hagia Sophia
…Empire in 1453, it was converted to a mosque by Mehmed the Conqueror and became the principal mosque of Istanbul until the 1616 construction of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque. The patriarchate moved to the Church of the Holy Apostles, which became the city's cathedral. The complex remained a mosque until 1931, when it was…
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17th-century illustration with floor plan by French explorer Guillaume-Joseph Grelot
Photo of the mosque's interior c. 1900
View from above, with the courtyard (bottom) and domes of the prayer hall (top)