Hagia Sophia: Top Photos

A 1,500-year-old monument that has been cathedral, mosque, museum, and mosque again

Plate 17. Square in Istanbul, with the Hagia Sophia mosque at right, part of an ornate pavilion at left, and several figures, some on horseback; print pasted onto backing sheet; after Fossati. Tinted
Plate 17. Square in Istanbul, with the Hagia Sophia mosque at right, part of an ornate pavilion at left, and several figures, some on horseback; print pasted onto backing sheet; after Fossati.… © Print made by: Louis Haghe After: Gaspard Fossati, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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