Restoration of the Hagia Sophia dome in Istanbul (Constantinople) will begin this spring, overseen by the Directorate General ...

Both the Chora Church and Hagia Sophia are 4th-century Byzantine constructions ... suffered its largest electoral defeat in ...

The sole, surviving portrait of the last emperor of the Byzantine Empire Constantine Palaiologos was discovered during restorations in Greece ...

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for the change during an election ... finishing off the Byzantine Empire once and for all. On entering the Hagia Sophia, Mehmed II insisted it ...

A woman wrapped in a Turkish national flag gestures outside the Hagia Sophia museum The world-famous Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul - originally founded as a cathedral - has been turned back into ...

In the second phase of the restoration works, the facades of Hagia Sophia Mosque, the upper covering, and the Second Bayezid ...

The preservation of Byzantine mosaics in Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia will be brought into question ... after the fall of the Byzantine Empire, and is now a museum. The building, famous for its ...

Once the biggest cathedral in the world, the Hagia Sophia is considered the magnum opus of Byzantine architecture. Visitors say it is a must-see when in Istanbul and recommend taking a guided tour ...