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Friday, February 1, 2013

Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church
Pammakaristos Church
Pammakaristos Church, also known as the Church of Theotokos Pammakaristos All-Blessed Mother of God in 1591 converted into a mosque and known as Fethiye Mosque "mosque of the conquest" and today partly a museum, is one of the most famous Byzantine churches in Istanbul, Turkey. The parekklesion, besides being one of the most important examples of Constantinople's Palaiologan architecture, Has the largest amount of Byzantine mosaics after the Hagia Sophia Museum and Chora Church in Istanbul. The main church was also renovated at the same time, as the study of the Templon has shown. Following the fall of Constantinople, the seat of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate was first moved to the Church of the Holy Apostles, and in 1456 to the Pammakaristos Church, which remained as the seat of the Patriarchate until 1587. No daily tour to Pammakaristos Church that you should take a private Istanbul tour to include in your turkey tours.


Pammakaristos Church
Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church
Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church
Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church
Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church
Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church
Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church
Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church
Pammakaristos Church

Pammakaristos Church
Pammakaristos Church