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Istanbul - Caria Museum

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Chora Church
The Chora Abbey is advised to be one of the a lot of admirable examples of a Byzantine church.[1] The abbey is anchored in the western, Edirnekapı commune of Istanbul. In the 16th century, the abbey was adapted into a abbey by the Ottoman rulers, and it became a secularised architecture in 1948. The autogenous of the architecture is covered with accomplished mosaics and frescoes.

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