
View from the Narthex695 viewsLooking into the interior of the church through one of the doors in the narthex. The scaffolding seen on the right in this picture enabled workers to climb to the dome to perform repair work.Oct 20, 2019
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Narthex Door784 viewsA bronze door providing entry to the narthex (antechamber). Each door in Aya Sophia seemed to have a different figure.Oct 20, 2019
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Ceiling Detail695 viewsIn the Empress' Loge.Oct 20, 2019
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Column Fragment651 viewsCapital of a column that supported the roof of the Theodosian Aya Sophia.Oct 20, 2019
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April Fool712 viewsOf course I was almost the only one who fell for it, never suspecting that April Fool's Day might be a thing in Turkey too. It didn't take long for Attila to "unmask" the hoax.Oct 20, 2019
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Lambs706 viewsOne of several marble blocks with reliefs depicting 12 lambs representing the 12 Apostles of Christ; originally part of a monumental front entrance to the Theodosian Aya Sophia, destroyed in 532.Oct 20, 2019
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Golden Arches680 viewsEven in the shadow of the greatest monuments of antiquity, you can't escape the banal icons of the modern world.Oct 12, 2019
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Dolmabahçe Palace - close-up view711 viewsSelamlık (public section)Oct 11, 2019
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Dolmabahçe Palace - very close-up view695 viewsDetail of palace windows and side doorways in the Harem wing.Oct 11, 2019
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Dolmabahçe Clock Tower688 viewsA late addition to the Dolmabahçe Palace complex, built in 1890-95 in Ottoman neo-Baroque style at the behest of Sultan Abdulhamid II.Oct 11, 2019
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Ortaköy Mosque683 viewsA Baroque Revival mosque commissioned by Sultan Abdülmecid I and built in 1854-56. The Bosphorus Bridge, which almost passes over it, was built in 1970-73.Oct 11, 2019
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Treasury Fountain721 viewsOne of the most ornate and imposing fountains in the palace.Oct 11, 2019
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