Hagia Eirene by junge1
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Description
Hagia Eirene (Hagia Irene) was a former Eastern Orthodox church located in the outer courtyard (1st courtyard) of the Topkapi Palace. It is a museum now.
The building reputedly stands on the site of a pre-Christian temple. It ranks as the first church built in Constantinople (Istanbul). The Roman Emperor Constantine I commissioned the first Hagia Eirene in the 4th century.
From May to July 381 the First Council of Constantinople took place in the church.
It was burned down during the Nika Revolt in 532. Emperor Justinian I had the church restored in 548. It served as the Church of the Patriarchate before Hagia Sofia was completed in 360.
Heavily damaged by an earthquake in the 8th century, it dates in its present form largely from the repairs made at the time (Source: Wikipedia).
This picture was taken on 29 June 2013,
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Comments (29)
jayfar
A wonderful old building with lots of tales to tell.
adrie
Very beautiful church capture my friend.
Richardphotos
I seen a documentary about a monastery in Turkey that has managed to survive being in a country contrary to Christianity and WWII. beautiful architecture Sig and photo
emmecielle
Very interesting building! Excellent capture! :)
aksirp
this building have seen so many centuries... could tell us a lot of past times.. Interesting and thank you for informations!
rockstrider
Wonderful church and capture Sig!
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
Jay-el-Jay
A fine photograph of this old ,historic building.
vis151
Awesome photos!
Faemike55
the tales that the walls could tell, great capture Sig!
flavia49
marvellous place and capture
jocko500
real cool
tigertim
Interesting photo... and thanks for the commentary.. explains why it definitely looks like a bit of a 'bitser' of a building!... character built in over the centuries!
UVDan
Thanks for the history and the great photo!
starship64
Beautiful old building. Thanks for sharing the history.
auntietk
What an imposing structure! It's so massive. The dome and windows look relatively modern ... hard to imagine it's so old!
whaleman
Tara took the words right out of my mouth!
Windigo
Wonderful photo and description of this historic architecture! I only know the Hagia Sophia from television and I thank you for this photo, I really like it! (Thank you for a kind comment on my recent uploaded picture, it was possible because of StudioArtVartanians great work)!
farmerC
Exellent shot.
Juliette.Gribnau
most interesting, and beautifully captured
jgeorge
Beautiful capture of a very interesting building
erlandpil
Excellent capture! erland
dakotabluemoon
Excellent capture of this beautiful structure.
ontar1
A wonderful old building, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
drifterlee
Beautiful old building!!!!
renecyberdoc
fantastic.
goldie
this is a wonderful capture of this relic...love turkey...spent 6 months there some years ago working on some archaeology...wonderful people and yummy food :) hope you got to the cisterns in Istanbul--in the same neighborhood as this church.
junge1
No I didn't. We only had one day and we were very busy!
danapommet
A great capture and a wonderful zoom to check out the old architecture!