Guide 22 of 29
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.
Stops10
Duration13min
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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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