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The Kariye (Chora) museum from the backyard

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The second most important remainder of Byzantine times, the Chora Museum is rich in mosaics and frescoes.
Hidden in the Edirnekapi quarter of Istanbul, the Chora (Kariye in Turkish) museum is one of the historical jewels to be seen in this immensely interesting city. I walked here on a clear, cold late winter day, the snow still dripping from the ceilings, and when I arrived at the small square where the Chora museum is located, people were clearing the square from the snow, and through the barren trees I could see the typical Byzantine building with one minaret. From the outside, the building is quite plain, with mostly brick walls. After having served as a church for many centuries (the first church was built here in the 5th century), it was turned into a mosque after the 1453 conquest of the city by the Turks in 1511.
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