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Fethiye mosque
I am not very lucky with the Pammakaristos Monastery. I went to see this former Byzantine church in 2019. That was when I started my travel around Turkey in Istanbul. I remember that the whole structure was covered in scaffolding. It seemed to me that they had just started major restoration works. I couldn't see anything at all.
I went back to Istanbul at the beginning of June this year. Naturally, ...
It's almost impossible to talk about Byzantine churches in Istanbul. After the conquest of Constantinople 571 years ago, Ottomans converted almost all Christian Orthodox religious temples into mosques. The only Byzantine church that still retains its original function is the Panagia Mouchliotissa church in Fener. I went to see this church, unfortunately it was closed. But I'm not too bothered because, when ...
