[The Ayasofya Camii (mosque)] / Lieutenant Colonel of the General Staff, Ali Riza Bey. – Historic Print
![[The Ayasofya Camii (mosque)] / Lieutenant Colonel of the General Staff, Ali Riza Bey., [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6a/6a962917803d-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [The Ayasofya Camii (mosque)] / Lieutenant Colonel of the General Staff, Ali Riza Bey.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[The Ayasofya Camii (mosque)] / Lieutenant Colonel of the General Staff, Ali Riza Bey.
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The album caption identifies this view as the Ayasofya Camii, or mosque of Hagia Sofia, a building that has carried several identities. Built as a Byzantine cathedral in the sixth century under Justinian, it became an imperial mosque after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, and its great dome and minarets came to define the city's skyline. This print belongs to the Abdul-Hamid II Collection, an album of mosques, fountains, and views of Istanbul. Its caption credits Lieutenant Colonel Ali Riza Bey of the General Staff, linking the photograph to the Ottoman military.
| Created / published | [between 1880 and 1893] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Aerial views 1880-1900.Albumen prints 1880-1900. |
| Notes | Formerly the Church of Hagia Sofia. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 8. In album: Mosques, fountains, mausoleums, and views of Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Ayasofya Müzesi--1880-1900. Orthodox churches--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Mosques--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,357 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-153276 |
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