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The Fethiye Mosque and Its Side Chapel

İstanbul

A funerary chapel a Byzantine general's widow built for her husband: mosaics of the same generation as the Chora, in a space the size of a room. Ten stops, about twenty minutes.

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Duration13min
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The Fethiye Mosque and Its Side Chapel
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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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