Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom, the Hagia Spohia

Visit to the Ottoman Empire

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Accession Nr.: D.4467.2.
Type: photograph
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
1905–1906
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Dezső Bozóky
Materials/Techniques: colour print, photo enlargement
Dimensions: height: 53 cm
width: 53 cm
exhibition material of Kolta Gallery, 8.5x17 cm, new enlargement from the original stereo glass diapositive variant: D.4467. The Christian church was built in the 6th century AD, and was converted into a mosque in 1453, after the fall of Constantinople. It has been a museum since 1935.