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Detail from Melchior Lorich's panorama of Constantinople. High above the Golden Horn is the Sultan Mehmed-Fathi complex.
The oldest known map of Constantinople, printed on page 74 of manuscript. Contains the Church of the Holy Apostles listed as "s[an]ctorum apostolorum."
The decoration of the San Marco dome served as iconographic parallel for the reconstruction of the Holy Apostles’ dome of the Pentecost.
Section drawing of the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople, created for the 1948 "Holy Apostles" symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C.
Section drawing of the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople, created for the 1948 "Holy Apostles" symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C.
A 3D reconstruction of the Church of the Holy Apostles prior to its destruction in 1461.
A 3D reconstruction of the Church of the Holy Apostles prior to its destruction in 1461.
Emperor Constantine I, presenting a model of the city to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Detail of the southwestern entrance mosaic in Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey).
Detail of the southwestern entrance mosaic in Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey).
Emperor Constantine I, presenting a model of the city to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Detail of the southwestern entrance mosaic in Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey).
Detail of the southwestern entrance mosaic in Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey).
Photo of Fatih Camii wall, showing contrast between lower courses of wall and fifteenth-century mosque wall above.