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Topographical map of Istanbul and Turkey, with Istanbul metro area shaded. Dissected and mounted on linen.

16th-century map of Istanbul, drawn by woodcutter Christoph Schweicker. The Fatih Camii is visible in the picture's center. Not drawn to scale.

Floor plan of 1771 reconstruction of Fatih Camii Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.

A floor plan of the first Fatih Mosque, constructed by Sultan Mehmet II from 1463-1471.

A floor plan of the first Fatih Mosque, constructed by Sultan Mehmet II from 1463-1471.

Fatıh Mosque, Istanbul, begun mid-fiteenth century by Sultan Mehmet II.

Fatıh Mosque, Istanbul, begun mid-fiteenth century by Sultan Mehmet II.

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

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).