The photograph was taken around 1920.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Fenâri Îsâ Mosque - Molla Fenâri Îsâ Câmîsi
Fenâri Îsâ is a mosque , made of two former Eastern Orthodox churches. The northern was inaugurated in 908 AD. The church was built on the remains of another shrine of the sixth century, and using the tombstones of an ancient Roman cemetery. Between 1286 and 1304, Empress Theodora, widow of Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, erected another church dedicated to St. John the Baptist. Several exponents of the imperial dynasty of the Palaiologos were buried here besides Theodora: her son Konstantinos, Empress Eirene of Montferrat and her husband Emperor Andronikos II.
The photograph was taken around 1920.
The photograph was taken around 1920.
Gül Camii
The Theodosius Cistern - Şerefiye Sarnıçı
Cistern of Philoxenos - Birbindirek Cistern
Monday, October 26, 2009
Church of St. Savior in Chora - Kariye Camii
The original church on this site was built in the early 5th century, and stood outside of the 4th century walls of Constantine the Great, although the majority of the fabric of the current building dates from 1077–1081.
The powerful Byzantine statesman Theodore Metochites endowed the church with much of its fine mosaics and frescos. Theodore's impressive decoration of the interior was carried out between 1315 and 1321. The mosaic-work is the finest example of the Palaeologian Renaissance. The artists remain unknown.
Worth to see, not only in black and white!
Mosaics - from up to down
1.Jesus and Theodore Metochites - This one is interesting - presenting his model to Jesus...all humble
2.Joseph bringing the virgin into his house
3.The birth of Jesus - Teleportation :)
4. The enrollment for taxation
The powerful Byzantine statesman Theodore Metochites endowed the church with much of its fine mosaics and frescos. Theodore's impressive decoration of the interior was carried out between 1315 and 1321. The mosaic-work is the finest example of the Palaeologian Renaissance. The artists remain unknown.
Worth to see, not only in black and white!
Mosaics - from up to down
1.Jesus and Theodore Metochites - This one is interesting - presenting his model to Jesus...all humble
2.Joseph bringing the virgin into his house
3.The birth of Jesus - Teleportation :)
4. The enrollment for taxation
Little Hagia Sophia - Küçuk Ayasofya Camii
Little Hagia Sophia was dedicated to the saints Sergius and Bacchus, third century roman soldiers, who are commemorated as martyrs. The church was made between 527-536, just before the erection of Hagia Sophia between 532-537. In fact the church was a model for the great Hagia Sophia. We can see the Marmara walls and the sea, from which the church is now separated by the railway line and the coastal road.
Hagia Irene
The building stands on a pre-christian temple. Constantine I commissioned the first Hagia Irene church in the 4th century. The church was burned down during the Nika revolt in 532. Justinian I, had the church restored in 548. It was heavily damaged by an earthquake in 740. What we see today is the restoration form 8th century. After 1453 it was used for armery by Janissaries and during the reign of Sultan Ahmet III (1703-1730) was changed into an weapons museum. Today serves mostly as a concert hall for classical music.
Column of Constantine - Çemberlitaş
Obelisk of Theodosius - Dikilitaş
Serpent Column
Valens Aqueduct
Walls II
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