photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment
Dick Osseman | all galleries >> Istanbul >> Mosques - Camiler >> Non-Sinan >> Hagia Sophia aka Ayasofya >> Outside the Hagia Sophia > Istanbul Aya Sofya view to entrance
previous | next
07-DEC-2004

Istanbul Aya Sofya view to entrance

view map

They moved the tourists entrance slightly to the side, but we'll pretend this is where we entered. Straight ahead is the entrance many people will take, the one with the mosaic with Constantine the Great and Justinian. The complex, like other mosques, has been surrounded by many facility buildings, like a lot of "türbeler", burial places for the higher echelons. They were closed this time around. You can here get some indication of the size of the central building.

Nikon D70
1/400s f/8.0 at 18.0mm full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
comment | share
Nikos 05-Oct-2008 14:22
Dear Dick. The red brick building behind the dog is the ancient baptisterium