Sofya Collection

Ayasofya Mosque - 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

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

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

Early Egyptian Cigarette Packet - Front and Back (combined) - manufactured by C Colombos Ltd. of Malta and Cairo using Turkish Tobacco. The reverse image is of the Ayasofya Mosque in Istanbul

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

Sofya and Streltsi
Sofya, Peters half-sister and regent during his youth, favours the Streltsi (palace bodyguard). But their excesses alarm young Peter, who will deal with them later. Date: 1682

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

Sofya and Supporters
Sofya, Peters half-sister and regent during his youth, finds herself marginalised when she tries to seize power : she appeals to her supporters for help, but in vain. Date: 1688

Russian Old Believers
Sofya, Peters half-sister and regent during his youth, hears religious disputes between the Old Believers (raskolniki) and their opponents. She deals firmly with the crisis. Date: 1682

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

Bulgaria - Sofia - Mosque of Saint Sophia (fate unknown). Date: circa 1908

St. Sophia Cathedral (now Mosque), Famagusta, Cyprus
The Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque originally known as Saint Nicholass Cathedral and later as the Ayasofya (Saint Sophia) Mosque of Magusa, is the largest medieval building in Famagusta, Northern Cyprus

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

Turkey - Istanbul - View Across Golden Horn from just east of the Galata Bridge. View looking toward (from left) the Ayasofya, the Blue Mosque and (foreground) the Yeni Camii (New Mosque)

Istanbul, Turkey - Bodrum Mosque
Interior view of the Little Aya Sofya - the Saint Sergius and Saint Bacchus Church, now a Mosque. Begun by Justinian in 527

Turkey - Istanbul - The Hippodrome, Blue Mosque / Ayasofya
Turkey - Istanbul - The Hippodrome with the Sultan Ahmed Mosque(Blue Mosque) (foreground right) and a view toward the Ayasofya (back right). Date: circa 1920

Turkey - Istanbul - Ayasofya Interior. Architects of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul were Anthemius of Tralles and Isadorus of Miletus. Date: circa 1920

View down into the Ayasofya, Istanbul, Turkey
Interior view of the Ayasofya Church/Mosque/Museum - Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1897

Prayers inside Aya Sofya, Istanbul
Prayers inside the Aya Sofya Mosque, Istanbul - nowadays this incredible building is no longer a Christian Church (original usage) or a Mosque (later usage), but houses a museum. Date: circa 1905

Promotional card for Aegean Sea Cruise line
A promotional postcard for an Italian Aegean Sea Cruise Line. The liner is the Albano, under the command of Captain Persich

Sofya (Sonia) Aleksandrovna Ivanova
Sofya (or Sonia) Aleksandrovna Ivanova, favourite niece of the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky (daughter of his sister Vera Ivanova). He wrote letters to her about himself and his work

Ayasofya - Interior view
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

Saint Sergius and Saint Bacchus Church
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

Railway passing the Little Aya Sofya
The Turkish railway passing the Little Aya Sofya - the Saint Sergius and Saint Bacchus Church, now a Mosque. Begun by Justinian in 527

Turkey - Istanbul - Ayasofya
The Ayasofya, Constantinople as viewed from the Blue Mosque with the Bosphorous in the background, looking toward Asia

Group of Mevlevi Dervishes - Istanbul (sepia)
Group of Mevlevi Dervishes (sepia) at St. Sophia Mosque, Constantinople. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273)

Group of Mevlevi Dervishes - Istanbul (colourised)
Group of Mevlevi Dervishes (colourised) at St. Sophia Mosque, Constantinople. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

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