Hagia Sophia mosque in İznik in Bursa Province, Turkey, was built as a Byzantine-era basilican church. Converted into the Orhan Mosque after the Ottoman conquest, it was turned into a museum in 1935.
A view of the Hagia Sophia of Nicaea after restoration in 2012.
Remains of the Hagia Sophia in 1962 (photo by Paolo Monti)
Front of Hagia Sophia in İznik
Exterior of Hagia Sophia in İznik
Nicaea, also known as Nikaia or Nice, was an ancient Greek city in the northwestern Anatolian region of Bithynia.
Hagia Sophia, İznik
…Hagia Sophia mosque (lit. 'the Holy Wisdom'; Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Turkish: Ayasofya) in İznik (Nicaea) in Bursa Province, Turkey, was built as a Byzantine-era basilican church. Converted into the Orhan Mosque (Turkish: Orhan Camii) after the Ottoman…
Nicaea's Byzantine fortifications, Iznik, Turkey
Iznik Wall at Lefke Gate 8275