Istanbul

By Jonathan Harris [1] | Published in History Today [2] Volume: 57 Issue: 5 [3] 2007 [4]

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Jonathan Harris explores the historical continuities of a city that has been the capital of two major world empires for over 1,500 years, by looking at the vicissitudes of a building that has served two faiths.

In a quiet corner of Istanbul, close to the old city walls, stands a small and unpretentious brick building. These days it serves as a museum though in the past it was a mosque as its minaret bears witness. Yet it was as a church that it was first erected, in the days when Istanbul was Constantinople, the capital city of the Byzantine Empire.

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