The Miracle of Mosaics
Witness the grandiosity that telling the life of the Prophet Jesus an Virgin Mary in mosaics of the church.
The Chora Museum calls you
There is existence of the Prophet Jesus and Virgin Mary on its walls
The Saint Babylas
There is a chapel towards out of Istanbul.In the early days of Christianity,the Saint Babylas and his eight-four soldiers were killed in Iznik.Afterwards,the important goods belonging to the Saint Babylas and his soldiers were buried in chapel.So this area has become a sacred place.
The Chora Church was built
The church,which was rebuilt in five hundred years,conntinued to be a church after the conquest of Istanbul,but later it was turned into a mosque.The chora,which was turned into a museum in nineteen-fourty five,still hosts its visitors as a museum
The Sacred Lifes Drawn with Mosaics.
The structure that surrounded with mosaics,give important meaning to the museum.The life and miracles of the Prophet Jesus and Virgin Mary were showed in mosaics that ensuing each other.The stories were taken the Old-Testament,the expressions like the judgement day and resurraction were processed as wall painting.
Istanbul calls you
Wherever you are in the world, come and have experience about the traces of the world civilizations at capital of the history