Hagia Irene Church (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality)
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church, byzantine, concert hall, historical building, 4th century construction
Built by the Byzantines, later after Ottoman conquest it was used as military base, it was never converted to a mosque unlike other Byzantine churches of Istanbul. Some parts of this church was later added by the Ottomans.
3D reconstruction:
byzantium1200.arkeo3d.com/eirene.html
The place mainly serves as a concert hall nowadays.
muze.gen.tr/muze-detay/ayairini
3D reconstruction:
byzantium1200.arkeo3d.com/eirene.html
The place mainly serves as a concert hall nowadays.
muze.gen.tr/muze-detay/ayairini
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Irene
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°0'34"N 28°58'52"E
- Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople 1.8 km
- Ancien orphelinat et église Saint-Joseph 2.3 km
- Zeyrek Mosque 2.3 km
- Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople 3.4 km
- Church of St. Mary of Panayia Vlaherna ( Panayia Vlaherna Ayazması Meryem Ana) 4.6 km
- Ayios Panteleimon (Saint Pantaleon) Greek Orthodox Church 5 km
- VEYSEL KARANİ CAMİİ 9 km
- Küçükköy Merkez Camii 10 km
- Mosque 15 km
- Mosque 17 km
- Cankurtaran 0.1 km
- Alemdar 0.4 km
- Sultanahmet 0.7 km
- Binbirdirek 0.7 km
- Eminönü 0.9 km
- Küçük Ayasofya 1 km
- Fatih (District) 2.4 km
- Bosphorus 14 km
- Istanbul Province 21 km
- Sea of Marmara 66 km