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A photo of the Chora Museum from 2004. At this point, the historic church has become a museum of Byzantine history.
Tags: chr_2004, geo_chora, thm_modern
A close-up of a fresco of the Virgin Mary on one of the domes in Chora Church.
Tags: chr_2007, geo_chora, thm_virginmary
A close-up of a fresco of the Virgin Mary on one of the domes in Chora Church.
Tags: chr_2007, geo_chora, thm_virginmary
A sacred icon of the Theotokos Hodegetria that was brought to Chora Church to protect Constantinople against the Ottoman invasion in 1453.
Tags: chr_2011, geo_chora, thm_theotokos
A sacred icon of the Theotokos Hodegetria that was brought to Chora Church to protect Constantinople against the Ottoman invasion in 1453.
Tags: chr_2011, geo_chora, thm_theotokos
A outline of the plan of Chora Church. We can see how it is clearly laid out as a quincunx and has stayed in this general shape since originally designed by the Comneni.
Tags: chr_1912, geo_chora, thm_quincunx
A outline of the plan of Chora Church. We can see how it is clearly laid out as a quincunx and has stayed in this general shape since originally designed by the Comneni.
Tags: chr_1912, geo_chora, thm_quincunx
An artist's rendering of the Chora Church around 1900. At this point, Chora was still in use as a mosque.
Tags: chr_1900, geo_chora, thm_painting
An artist's rendering of the Chora Church around 1900. At this point, Chora was still in use as a mosque.
Tags: chr_1900, geo_chora, thm_painting
An inside view of the Chora Church which contains many different frescos, mosaics, and murals prepared and funded by the Byzantine aristocrat Metochites.
Tags: chr_2005, geo_chora, thm_artwork