Legendary City on Bosphorus

by | May 22, 2014

Istanbul Legendary City on Bosphorus

At the other end of the square, Hagia Sophia is easily recognized by its red wall and minarets. Restored and converted into a mosque by Mehmet the Conqueror, it had been the world’s largest cathedral for 1000 years, a monumental feat at the time of construction, now a dark cavernous museum where Byzantine mosaics mingle with Koranic verses.

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