HAGIA SOPHIA

Here is a small collection of our Hagia Sophia pictures.

All taken by Haldun Aydingun


In the mid picture the restoration tower is seen in its full length with the center of the dome well lit. The left picture is taking from one of the minarets

Touching the central stone of the dome 56 meters high up the ground

Looking 56 meters down from the dome

A cross still seen from a far distant past

During the cleaning of the lime Fosatti's marbels ame into the light still preserving some of the visitors' grafittis. In this one (made possibly in the 2nd half of the 19th century) a greek draw Hagia Sophia with a Greek flag on top