Topic
Greek Orthodox Heritage
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35 pieces on this topic
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Place · Istanbul
Pammakaristos Church
The Pammakaristos Church, today's Fethiye Mosque and Museum: seat of the Orthodox patriarchs after 1453 and a small side chapel with the…
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Place · Istanbul
Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Church of St. George
Visiting the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Fener: the Patriarchal Church of St. George, its gilded iconostasis and ancient throne, the relics of two…
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Place · Istanbul
Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols
Saint Mary of the Mongols in Fener: the only Byzantine church in Istanbul never turned into a mosque, rebuilt by Maria Palaiologina,…
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Place · Aegean
Foça
Foça on the Aegean north of İzmir: ancient Phocaea, named after its seals, whose sailors founded Marseille, with a Genoese castle on…
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Place · Istanbul
Heybeliada
Heybeliada, the second largest of Istanbul's Princes' Islands: pine woods on four hills, wooden mansions, the Halki Seminary, the last Byzantine church…