[Interior view of the Ayasofya Camii (mosque)] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople. – Vintage Photo Print
![[Interior view of the Ayasofya Camii (mosque)] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople., [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b7/b76880271df4-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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[Interior view of the Ayasofya Camii (mosque)] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Interior view of the Ayasofya Camii (mosque)] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople.
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The interior of the Ayasofya Camii, the former Church of Hagia Sophia, shows a building that has served two faiths. The Ottomans converted it into a mosque after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, and this view captures its colonnades alongside the calligraphy added to its great hall. The photograph was made by the Abdullah Frères studio in Constantinople, and it is one of several mosque views in an album that later became part of a collection associated with Sultan Abdul-Hamid II.
| Created / published | [between 1880 and 1893] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Albumen prints 1880-1900. |
| Notes | Formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 12. No. 115. In album: Ayasofya Camii, Kariye Camii and other mosques, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Ayasofya Müzesi--1880-1900. Mosques--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Orthodox churches--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Colonnades--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Calligraphy--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,171 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-154360 |
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