SERIES OF 24 LITHOGRAPHS
OF THE 1846 RESTORATION
OF HAGIA SOPHIA, AT THE INITIATIVE
OF SULTAN ABDUL MEDJID
after the original drawings of Gaspard Fossati.
(Turkey, 20th c.)
Magos Fondation Collection
Hagia Sophia Basilica became a mosque in the 15th century after the Muslim conquest. It became a museum in 1934 and a mosque again in 2020. Its mosaics, treasures of humanity, are now hidden by hangings.