Photo Gallery - The Redandwhite Rag

2009 - 2011 | Greece & Turkey (October 2009) | Istanbul Day Two

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Asian Istabul looks over European Istanbul

Lone fisherman in Asian Istanbul

Early morning fishing on the Bosphorus

Denise and the Bosphorus bridge

Blue Mosque

Close up of Mosque Minaret

Blue Mosque Minaret

Blue Mosque interior courtyard

Mosque entrance

Superb Blue Mosque domed ceiling

Blue Mosque interior

Another internal dome view

Mosque architecture

Ornate interior

Another internal shot

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Mosque Minaret

Outside the Blue Mosque

Another exterior view

Istanbul bread seller

Ferile dog?

Monument at Roman Hippodrome

Approaching the Hagia Sophia

Walls of the Hagia Sophia

Superb painred ceilings of the Hagia Sophia

Another of the fantastic interior

One more of the ceiling and dome

Another interior shot

Virgin Mary and Child mosaic

Superb stained windows

The Mihrab

Another shot of the fine ceilings

Mihab showing direction of Mecca

Small staircase to upper floor

The ceiling from the upper floor

Ceiling and ornate columns

Replica mosaics of Jesus and John the Baptist in the gallery

Looking down from the Gallery

The original Deesis Panel in the South Gallery (Virgin Mary Jesus and John) - circa 1261

Window view of the Domes and Minarets