Yahya Alameddine

Review of Santa Sofía

Very Famous attraction in the western part of Ista...

Very Famous attraction in the western part of Istanbul, was a church in the byzantine era, transformed into a mosque after the retreat of Christianity in the area.
The inside mixes the art of both Muslim and christian faiths.
A little dark inside and always under maintenance and renovation.
This is a live proof of the openness and cohabitation of Muslims and the Ottoman Caliphate state with all faiths and ethnicities, they highly and intricately preserved all Christian art from the Byzantine era until our present days.