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Image Title: Panorama De Constantinople, Pris D'un Des Minarets De Ste. Sophie, 1852

Creator: Haghe, Louis, 1806-1885, lithographer

Date: 1852

Summary: Print shows a section of a panorama of Istanbul made from a minaret of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia, including the fountain of Ahmed III in the foreground, with the Gulf of Nicomedia (Izmit), Kadikoy, and mountains in the background.

Notes: Illus. in: Aya Sofia, Constantinople, as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid / from the original drawings by Chevalier Gaspard Fossati ; lithographed by Louis Haghe, Esq. London : Messrs. P. & D. Colnagni & Co., 1852, [p. 29], plate 23.

Related Names: Fossati, Gaspare, 1809-1883

Subjects: Ayasofya Muzesi--1850-1860
Istanbul (Turkey)--1850-1860
Mosques--Turkey--Istanbul--1850-1860
Orthodox churches--Turkey--Istanbul--1850-1860

Places: Istanbul Turkey

Original Media: Lithograph

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