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A painting of the Turkish War of Independence

An 1854 panoramic photograph of the Port of Istanbul from the Galata Tower

A map from the Harvard Map Collection that shows a perspective view of Istanbul.

Photo of Fatih Camii wall, showing contrast between lower courses of wall and fifteenth-century mosque wall above.

Photo of Byzantine elements in Fatih Camii structure, sowing the thickness of the wall, its irregular junction with the eighteenth-century mosque wall (visible in the left of picture) and the distance between the two wall lines.

Photo of contrast between older and newer walls in Fatih Mosque, Istanbul.

Photo of contrast between older and newer walls in Fatih Mosque, Istanbul.

This is a contemporary image of the monument, taken following the completion of the restoration program.

A photo of Pierre Nora, author of “Between Memory and History: Les Lieux de mémoire.”