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Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

Interior of the baptistery, to the southwest of the Hagia Sophia. It was converted into an Ottoman tomb in 1639.

Along with the skeuophylakion, this is one of the few remains of the pre-Justianic Hagia Sophia church complex.

Photo © Pennsylvania State University. Source: Thomas F. Mathews, The Byzantine Churches of Istanbul (1976), p. 312.

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Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Istanbul City Guide
Istanbul Satellite Map
Turkey Travel Guide
Turkey Sacred Sites List


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