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Aya Sofya - Upper Level Marble Door, Istanbul
One of several Byzantine Orthodox Christian doors left in tact and preserved by its Ottoman conquerers when this church was converted to a mosque during Constantinople's fall to Sutlan Mehmed in 1453.
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Aya Sofya - Upper Level Marble Door, Istanbul
One of several Byzantine Orthodox Christian doors left in tact and preserved by its Ottoman conquerers when this church was converted to a mosque during Constantinople's fall to Sutlan Mehmed in 1453.
638
views
3
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Uploaded on March 31, 2008
Taken on March 31, 2008