Photography, Cappadocia & Istanbul page 3

Photos by Jens Van Den Bergh

Old Istanbul (Eminönü, Fatih, Sultanahmet)

Süleymaniye Mosque, built by Mimar Sinan (finished in 1557)

Eminönü

Süleymaniye Mosque, built by Mimar Sinan (finished in 1557)

View from Süleymaniye Mosque over the Golden Horn towards Galata and the Genoese Galata Tower

Inside Süleymaniye Mosque

One of the Minarets at Süleymaniye Mosque

Fatih

Şeb Sefa Hatun Camii, Fatih

Aquaduct of Emperor Valens (4th century AD)

 

Minaret of Şehzade Camii (Prince's Mosque), built by Mimar Sinan

Football in the gardens of Şehzade Camii (Prince's Mosque)

Traditional wooden houses near Kalenderhane Mosque

Inside Kalenderhane Mosque, originally a 12th century Byzantine church dedicated to the Theotokas Kyriotissa

Alman Çeşmesi (German Fountain)

View towards the Blue Mosque

Hagia Sophia

Sunset with Yeni Cami and approach to Sirkeci Railway Station

Cat along Divanyolu Caddesi

Hagia Sophia

Blue Mosque

mosaics in Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christ, mosaics, Hagia Sophia

View towards the Blue Mosque from Hagia Sophia

3540 Mosaics in Hagia Sophia: Theotokos holding Christ, on her right the Emperor John II Comnenos (r. 1118-43),
and on her left the Empress Eirene, daughter of Saint Ladislas of Hungary and herself a saint in the Eastern calendar

drinking bowl and fountain, Hagia Sophia

Gate of the "Sublime Porte" (Central government and Foreign Ministry of the Ottoman Empire)

View towards Süleymaniye Mosque from Eminönü quay

Lamps in Sultanahmet

 

Süleymaniye Mosque, built by Mimar Sinan (finished in 1557)

 

Süleymaniye Mosque, built by Mimar Sinan (finished in 1557)

 

 

Interior of Sokollu Mehmet Paşa Camii

View towards Süleymaniye Mosque from Eminönü quay

Medusa's head in Basilica Cistern

Sokollu Mehmet Paşa Camii, designed by Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan for the grand vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha and finished in 1572

 

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