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I am thinking of all the museumified former Byzantine churches converted into Ottoman mosques that were opened as functioning mosques over the last decade —Hagia Sophias of Nicaea, Trabizond, Vize, Istanbul— & #Chora/#Kariye's physical transformation will be the trickiest of all.
Church of St. Savior at #Chora is covered, almost everywhere, in brilliant and exquisite mosaics as well as frescoes with figural decorations. It is the most embellished of all the above mentioned church/mosque/museums.
