Guide 21 of 29
The Zeyrek Mosque
İstanbul
Once the largest religious foundation in the city: the Pantokrator Monastery, with three linked churches, a hospital and an imperial burial place. Eight stops, about fifteen minutes.
Stops8
Duration10min
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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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