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'It's pure beauty' - Italy's largest medieval mosaics restored
On a hill overlooking the city of Palermo, in Sicily, sits a lesser-known gem of Italian art ... Byzantine-style mosaics, second in the world only to those of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.
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Russian Orthodox Church concerned by fate of Byzantine mosaics in Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia
MOSCOW, July 5. /TASS/. The preservation of Byzantine mosaics in Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia will be brought into question if the historical monument, which is now a museum, is turned into a mosque ...
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The Fall of Constantinople: Tracing History in Istanbul, Turkey
The Siege of 1453 The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world. The city, once considered ...