Picture of Mosaic inside Chora Museum, Istanbul (Istanbul, Turkey)

Mosaics in the second narthex: blessing of Mary

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The second most important remainder of Byzantine times, the Chora Museum is rich in mosaics and frescoes.
Once you have seen the mosaics, you are not done yet. There is the parecclesion, the annexed grave chapel. Here, you can see frescoes instead of mosaics, probably made by the same masters who also did the mosaics. Daylight flows in through openings in the cupola above. Even though the frescoes are equally beautiful, my attention was immediately drawn to the end of the apse, where a giant fresco depicts the Anastasis. In another fresco, we can see Jesus in the last judgment scene, while Virgin Mary with the child Jesus in her hands and twelve apostles are looking down on us from the dome.
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