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The Turkish government has taken steps in recent years to refurbish the desolate monastery and re-convert it into a public mosque.
What Petrus Gyllius might have seen with the fish living in the Cistern Basilica
An image of the dining room in the Pera Palace Hotel.
A drawn image of the Pera Palace Hotel from around 1990.
An image of the first British troops entering into the city to occupy Istanbul.
The book cover of Petrus Gyllius's Istanbul Bogazi, which was made after his visit.
A painting of Mehmed II and the Ottoman Army approaching Constantinople
A portrait of murder-mystery novelist Agatha Christie.
A portrait of murder-mystery novelist Agatha Christie.
A drawing showing the Tokapi Palace, noted with a "1," and the Hagia Sophia, noted with a "3," both of which the Basilica Cistern supplied during the beginning of Ottoman control