The Chora
Church converted to mosque in Turkey.
About
The Chora Church or Kariye Mosque was a Byzantine church, now converted to a mosque (for the second time), in the Edirnekapı neighborhood of Fatih district, Istanbul, Turkey. It is famous for its outstanding Late Byzantine mosaics and frescos. In the 16th century, during the Ottoman era, it was converted into a mosque; it became a museum in 1945, and was turned back into a mosque in 2020 by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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Location
Open map: The Chora and 8 nearby attractions41.03111, 28.93917 · Istanbul
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Photo credits (6)
- Palace of the Porphyrogenitus: Gryffindor · Public domain · Commons
- Palace of Blachernae: Gryffindor · Public domain · Commons
- Pammakaristos Church: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Fatih Mosque: Vogueeatss · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Eyüp Sultan Mosque: User:Darwinek · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
- Walls of Constantinople: The original uploader was -jha- at German Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
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