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Ian Fulton | all galleries >> European Trips >> Turkey Cultural Tour 2012 >> Istanbul (Day 1) > View from the gallery, Hagia Sofia, Istanbul
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20-APR-2012

View from the gallery, Hagia Sofia, Istanbul

Note how the mihrab, the niche indicating the direction of Mecca, is off centre in the apse. When built as a Byzantine church it faced towards Jerusalem so when converted to a mosque it was slightly off the correct directon.

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