Ayasofya Collection

Ayasofya (Hagia Sophia) - Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1922

Famagusta, Cyprus - the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque (originally known as the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas). circa 1930s

Selimiye Camii - Nicosia, Cyprus
Selimiye Camii (Saint Sophia Cathedral) - Nicosia, Cyprus - a Roman Catholic Cathedral converted into a Mosque. circa 1930s

Istanbul, Turkey, Ottoman Empire - Entrance to Ayasofya
Istanbul, Turkey, Ottoman Empire - One of the entrances to the Ayasofya. Date: circa 1905

Fishermen draw in nets - The Golden Horn, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1936

Seraglio Hill from Galata - Istanbul, Turkey. Print from Grelots Relation nouvelle d un voyage de Constantinople. Date: 1680

Map of the Seraglio Point, Istanbul, Turkey by Fr. Kauffer (1776 / 1786 surveys) with additional information from Barbie de Bocage (1819). Date: circa 1819

Ayasofya (interior), Istanbul, Turkey - Alabaster Urn Date: 1930

Istanbul, Turkey - Courtyard of the Ayasofya with tourists
Istanbul, Turkey - Courtyard of the Ayasofya with visiting tourist group. Date: circa 1930s

Istanbul, Turkey, Ayasofya and Ahirkapi Balikcisi lighthouse
Turkey - Istanbul - View of the Ayasofya Mosque and Ahirkapi Balikcisi lighthouse Date: circa 1930s

Little Hagia Sophia. 6th century. Interior. Istanbul
Turkey. Istanbul. Little Hagia Sophia. 6th century. Built by Isidore of Miletus (6th century) and Anthemius of Tralles (c.474-558). Columns and capitals upstairs

Istanbul, Turkey - Seraglio Point - Golden Horn Date: circa 1910

Little Hagia Sophia - Kucuk Ayasofya Camii, Istanbul, Turkey
The Little Aya Sofya - the Saint Sergius and Saint Bacchus Church, now a Mosque. Begun by Justinian in 527. Saint Sergius and Saint Bacchus were Patron Saints of Christians in the Roman Army

The interior of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. Date: circa 1910

Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya) in Constantinople
The famed Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya) in Constantinople. Architects of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul were Anthemius of Tralles and Isadorus of Miletus. Became a mosque and now it is a Museum

Hagia Sophia - Thessaloniki, Greece with Minaret - re-converted to a Church in 1912. Date: circa 1903

Thessaloniki, Greece - Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia - Thessaloniki, Greece with Minaret - re-converted to a Church in 1912. Date: circa 1910s

Thessaloniki, Greece - Hagia Sophia Mosque Interior. ne of the oldest churches in Thessaloniki - at this point still being used as a mosque, whilst the city was under Ottoman Turkish control

Ayvansaray, Ayasofya and German Consulate at Tarabya
Istanbul, Turkey - Ayvansaray, Ayasofya and German Consulate at Tarabya Date: 1898

Istanbul, Turkey - Galata Tower, Water Carrier, Chimneysweep and view of the Ayasofya. Date: 1898

Interior of the Ayasofya, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1897

Ayasofya, Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1895

Sirkeci, Ayasofya and Sublime Porte, Istanbul, Turkey
Sirkeci, Ayasofya and Sublime Porte viewed from the Galata Tower, Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1895

Hagia Sophia - Thessaloniki, Greece with Airship. Date: 1917

Ayasofya, Istanbul, Turkey - The Mihrab
The mihrab (located in the apse where the altar used to stand, pointing towards Mecca) in the Ayasofya, Istanbul, Turkey. Architects of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul were Anthemius of Tralles

Istanbul, Turkey - View across Golden Horn toward Ayasofya, the Railway Station and the Sublime Port. Date: 1900

Istanbul, Turkey - Ayasofya in the snow Date: 1927

Istanbul, Turkey - Ayasofya Date: 1927

Galata Bridge, Yeni Cami, Ayasofya from the Golden Horn
The unmistakeable shapes of the Galata Bridge, Yeni Cami and Ayasofya from the Golden Horn - Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1950s

Istanbul, Turkey - Ayasofya - The Sultans Box. Built o the site of the former pulpit. This box is itself a 19th century restoration of the original box by Gaspare Fossati. Date: circa 1910s

A Christmas Card featuring a Mosque
A quite bizarre Christmas Card featuring a Mosque (the Ayasofya in Istanbul, Turkey)! The creator seemingly failed to attend a How to cut an accurate oval course....!!! Date: circa 1910s

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