Monday, 29 December 2014

Hagia Sophia / minaret

Architects of original Christian basilica: Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles, AD537. Minarets and other Islamic features were gradually added to the building after it became a mosque at the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. Istanbul, Turkey.


(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 - credit: Images George Rex.)