GalleryAyasofya

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No. 1 out of 20 Museum / Exhibition / Gallery in Istanbul

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Close to a hotel that is good value for money. Deals Hotel Ottoman Imperial Double Room (per night) 10.03. - 11.03.

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Overall rating includes:
94
Accessibility
99
"Must See"-Factor
87
Budget Friendliness
97
Ambiance
98
Architecture
94
Concept
98
Exhibits
98
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Address Sultanahmet
Istanbul

Telephone: +90(212)5221750

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Surroundings

Matbah Ottoman Palace Cuisine
(0.1 miles)
The Han
(0.1 miles)
Soğuk Çeşme Sokak
(0.1 miles)
Ahmet III Çesmesi
(0.1 miles)
Alemdar
(0.1 miles)
9 Ece Aksoy
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Cafer Aga Madresesi
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St Irene Church
(0.1 miles)
Yerebatan Sarnici
(0.1 miles)
House of medusa
(0.1 miles)

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sameh111(32)
Cairo, Egypt

65%

very good

[sameh111, 19/07/2011] After visiting Osmanhan mosque The next day we went to the church of Hagia Sophia,it located near the mosque.it i s a huge church, but in fact is a mixture of Christianity and Islam . the church has a high ceiling and magnitude of its buildings.of a wonderful pictures are there in church is the image mosaic of the Emperor Justinian from the city of Ravenna. Also a church has a gigantic dome inside . I enjoyed a lot and rested in this church and I hope to go there again .

Ani(38)
Sofia, Bulgaria

93%

perfection!

[Ani, 08/01/2008] Those are the words, which according to the legend, Justinian said after the church was finished. He ment the Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem, which for its time had been the biggest. Hagia Sophia or Saint Sofia had been the biggest temple in the world for 1000 years. Now-a-days its on 4th place. It has Byzantium architecture and for its built Justinian didn't save any cost and brought columns even from Mala Asia. During the ages the church had been turned to a mosque and in 1934 Ataturk ( which in Turkish means father of the Turks) turned it for last to a museum. The church-museum, [more]

gokche(25)
Istanbul Turkey, Turkey

89%

perfection!

[gokche, 10/02/2007] -HAGIA SOPHIA- Istanbul has lots of beatiful and great historical places that feel really amazing while visiting there. This time i try explain my visiting which is doing so many years ago. I used to live different area of Istanbul and the place where i try to tell you is really close my home and i feel always so excited when i pass there after visiting there. -THE AREA- One of important places of interest in Istanbul is Sultanahmet regions of the Historic. During the Roman Empire , Byzantine Empire and Ottoman Empir,the heart of the city [more]

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90%

For the author, this building is "one of the most extraordinary... in the history of architecture" and says that "one gets impressed by the red big building, with a splendid dome". The text includes a description of the place, and information about timetables "everyday except Mon between 9:30 am to 5 pm" and admision fee "approximately 8 EUR or 7 USD".