Curious Expeditions:
Ayasofia and a tiny moon
Curious Expeditions:
Ayasofia, dusk, moon
Curious Expeditions:
Ayasofia lit up at night
Curious Expeditions:
Aya Sofya at Dusk
Curious Expeditions:
Close on tap
Curious Expeditions:
Fountain used for ablution
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Wash basins for ablution
Curious Expeditions:
Sun streaming in Aya Sofya
Curious Expeditions:
Domes and Columns
Curious Expeditions:
Mosaic of the Virgin and Child with Emperor John Comnenus and Empress Irene
Curious Expeditions:
Mosaic of Christ with Emperor Constantine lX Monomachus and Empress Zoe
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Detail of the Mosaic of Christ with Emperor Constantine lX Monomachus and Empress Zoe
Curious Expeditions:
Detail of the Mosaic of Christ with Emperor Constantine lX Monomachus and Empress Zoe
Curious Expeditions:
Mary and child on the Mosaic of the Virgin and Child with Emperor John Comnenus and Empress Irene
Curious Expeditions:
Empress Irene on the Mosaic of the Virgin and Child with Emperor John Comnenus and Empress Irene
Curious Expeditions:
Mosaic of the Virgin and Child with Emperor John Comnenus and Empress Irene (detail)
Curious Expeditions:
A Sunny Ayasofia
Curious Expeditions:
Green Marble Column with the joint monograms of Justinian and Theodora
Curious Expeditions:
John the Baptist of the Deesis Mosaic (detail)
Curious Expeditions:
Virgin Mary of the Deesis Mosaic (detail)
Curious Expeditions:
Jesus of the Deesis Mosaic (detail)
Curious Expeditions:
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Curious Expeditions:
1500 year old mosaic peeking out fron underneath the paint
Curious Expeditions:
Jesus of the Deesis Mosaic
Curious Expeditions:
Deesis Mosaic (Mary and John the Baptist asking Jesus for salvation for souls)
Curious Expeditions:
Windows and orginial gold mosaics
Curious Expeditions:
Impossible for a camera to take it all in
Curious Expeditions:
Fantastic Domes
Curious Expeditions:
Columns and Arabic Medallions
Curious Expeditions:
Passage way and low lights