Guide 01 of 29

Hagia Sophia

İstanbul

Church, mosque, museum and mosque again. A walk that reads the layers of a fifteen-hundred-year-old building, from the outer courtyard to the exit door. Twenty-seven stops, about forty-five minutes.

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Duration37min
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Hagia Sophia
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The Weeping Column

Hagia Sophia · northwest corner

That column is darker than the others. Because it doesn't belong here — it was brought from Ephesus. For fifteen hundred years everyone touched the same spot, which is why the brass shines.

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