🏛️ Pammakaristos Church

Turkey · Europe · 41.03°N, 28.95°E

The Pammakaristos Church, also known as the Church of Theotokos Pammakaristos, is one of the most famous Byzantine church buildings in Istanbul, Turkey, and was the last pre-Ottoman building to house the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Converted in 1591 into the Fethiye Mosque, it is today partly a museum housed in a side chapel or parekklesion. One of the most important examples of Constantinople's Palaiologan architecture, the mosque contains the largest quantity of Byzantine mosaics in Istanbul after the Hagia Sophia and The Chora.

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Country	Turkey
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	41.03°N, 28.95°E · view on map

Pammakaristos Church is located in Turkey, in Europe.

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