Aya Sofia Most Best Touristic places in Istanbul
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Istanbul historically known by many names beginning with Byzantium, Constantinople, Constantinople and the end Baslambol. The largest city in the Republic of Turkey which is ranked fifth in the world by population, with a population of over 13 million inhabitants. Although it is not the capital, but it is considered the cultural center, economic and financial, which since 1985 on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites... continue reading
Most Best Touristic places in Istanbul
Aya Sofia
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Aya Sofia is one of the tourist places in Istanbul that integrate its development in the historical and mythical dimension to her story sometimes it seems tales of imagination and not from human history. It is rumored that when the income of the Emperor Justinian after the completion of construction orders from him, shouted inside: "O Soulaiman, I bear witness has excelled on you!".
Aya Sofia was considered, the greatest church in the era of the Byzantine Empire, was converted into a mosque after the opening of the Ottomans of Constantinople, which added its four minarets for calling people to prayer, and then around Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey in 1935 as a museum bears witness to the history of the region and includes Islamic and Christian Treasures Priceless.
Walls and floors are covered with marble unique, each piece of the story, and see all the parts of the building are decorated with paintings gleaming mosaic amazing.
The lower dome of Aya Sofia It surrounds of Forty spun stained glass, provides a charming lighting inside the museum, and gives the visitor the feeling as if the dome flying in the sky.
Most tourist attractions and historical deserving visit and meditate in Istanbul undisputed.
Aya Sofia is located in the Fatih area where you see the majestic dome met Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Faisal height of fifty-six meters in diameter to more than thirty-one meters. Located on four pillars height of each twenty-four meters. Accessed very easy and you can access by tram T1 line and get off at "Sultan Ahmed" station.
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