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Rob Pelletier | all galleries >> Galleries >> Istanbul - April 2006 > Mirab the Hagia Sofia
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Mirab the Hagia Sofia

Sultan Mehmed II "the Conqueror" built an altar (Mihrab) in the east, since the apse should be in the direction of Mecca and the brick minaret on the south-east corner of the edifice. Sultan Bayezid (1484-1512) added a minaret on the north-east corner.


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