Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Basilica Cisterns and the "little Hagia Sophia"

Very busy 1st day!  Our morning session involved class time and discussions and our afternoon was a walk around the historic district.  Take a look at the pictures below...can you guess what they are?
Taken inside the Basilica Cisterns--where Constantinople stored water from aqueducts.

Spices sold in the bazaar. 

Visiting my first mosque.  Built by Justinian (originally built as a church) before his masterpiece, Hagia Sophia.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The first mosque is incredible mom!

-Megan

Karen V said...

Thanks Megan. We will be visiting the Blue Mosque next week. That is the one in the first picture on the blog.