Christian Art in Turkey
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Aya Sofia, or HagiaSofia was built by Justinian and contains masterpeieces of Byzantine religious art. Many re-emerged after Turkey became a secular nation under Ataturk.
Sometimes magnificent works of art are preserved by a quirk of fate. An Ottoman pasha had the mosaics of St. Saviour whitewashed, and they were only recovered in the 20th century. These mosaics and frescoes of the Chorae
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Goreme - Trabzon
While Byzantium's history was fresh in outminds, we took an airplane from Istanbul to the Trabxon, where the last Byzantine emperors ruled. Today, you'll require a healthy imagination to visualize its glory while wandering the current industrial and grimy port of Trabzon, with its Russian flea markets, prostitutes and dilapidated buildings. . Several parks and mosques are worth a visit, especially the Aya Sophia, just out of town, built on a bluff overlooking the Black Sea.
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![Orpheus soothing the savage beasts, ancient Roman Mosaics, Hatay Museum, Antakya [Antioch], Turkey](http://s2.hubimg.com/u/4057125_f260.jpg "Orpheus soothing the savage beasts, ancient Roman Mosaics, Hatay Museum, Antakya [Antioch], Turkey")
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