The museum's digital experience rooms use cutting-edge technology to immerse visitors in the history of Hagia Sophia and ...

First, the Hagia Sophia is now a working mosque ... It's located between the Blue Mosque and the Topkapi Palace Museum. Best of Istanbul 1, 2 or 3-Day Private Guided Istanbul Tour (7002 reviews) ...

The Topkapi Palace Museum sits atop a promontory in Sultanahmet near the Basilica Cistern, the Hagia Sophia and the Istanbul Archaeological Museums. Multiple bus routes and the Bagcilar-Kabatas T1 ...

Excerpt: The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate released a statement criticizing the possible reconversion of the Hagia Sophia Museum in Istanbul into a mosque.

Spread across two continents and between two seas, Istanbul is a city of empires past. The Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, and Galata Tower are just some of the many historic structures ...

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The change in the status of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia is now being debated in the ... the cathedral became a museum. In 1985, the building was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

TASS/. Moscow regrets Ankara’s decision to convert Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia from a museum back into a mosque, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Monday. "We regret the ...