Chora Church
Church · Burial place
church converted to mosque in Turkey
Location: 41.0311, 28.9392
What this place is
- Church — the Chora Church — "church converted to mosque", same caution as Hagia Sophia
Who is recorded here
- Germanus I of Constantinople burial · AD 733
In art
About the place
The Chora Church or Kariye Mosque is a Byzantine church, now converted to a mosque, in the Edirnekapı neighborhood of Fatih district, Istanbul, Turkey. It is famous for its outstanding Late Byzantine mosaics and frescos.
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