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Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) church and mosque, now museum. Built under Justinian (527-565) over a 4th ct. basilica. Minarets were added when the church became a mosque after the Turkish conquest in 1453. Painted-over mosaics were restored under sultan Abdul Mecit in 1847. Hagia Sophia was the seat of the Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople (also known as Byzanz or Istanbul) and a principal setting for Byzantine imperial ceremonies. In this church the coronation of emperor Alexios IV Angelo took place on August 1 1203.
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Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) church and mosque, now museum. Built under Jus...

Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) church and mosque, now museum. Built under Justinian (527-565) over a 4th ct. basilica.Minarets were added when the church became a mosque after the Turkish conquest in 1453.Painted-over mosaics were restored under Sultan Abdul Mecit in 1847. Hagia Sophia was the seat of the Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople (also known as Byzanz or Istanbul) and a principal setting for Byzantine imperial ceremonies. In this church the coronation of emperor Alexios IV Angelo took place on August 1 1203.
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Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) church and mosque, now museum. Built under Justinian...

Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) church and mosque, now museum. Built under Justinian (527-565) over a 4th ct. basilica.Minarets were added when the church became a mosque after the Turkish conquest in 1453.Painted-over mosaics were restored under sultan Abdul Mecit in 1847. Hagia Sophia was the seat of the Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople (also known as Byzanz or Istanbul) and a principal setting for Byzantine imperial ceremonies. In this church the coronation of emperor Alexios IV Angelo took place on August 1 1203.
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Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) church and mosque, now museum. Built under Jus...

Buttresses on the south side were added to Hagia Sophia church when earthquakes damaged the central cupola in the 14th century.
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Buttresses on the south side were added to Hagia Sophia church when earthquakes...

Interior of Hagia Sophia.The cupola is 55 m high,and measures 31 m across.The green columns come from the harbour gymnasium in Ephesos,the red porphiry columns from the temple of Jupiter in Baalbek.Columns have byzantine capitals,some bear the initials of Justinian.
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Interior of Hagia Sophia.The cupola is 55 m high,and measures 31 m across.The gr...

"Spinnerin am Kreuz" (the spinner at the crossroads), gothic wayside shrine on one of Vienna's busiest autoroutes. Said to have been the place where wives waited for their husbands to return from the Crusades.
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"Spinnerin am Kreuz" (the spinner at the crossroads), gothic wayside shrine on...

The cloisters of Notre Dame du Puy. The two-coloured arches show a certain oriental influence due to the crusaders.
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The cloisters of Notre Dame du Puy. The two-coloured arches...

Departure of crusaders for battle in Syria.
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Departure of crusaders for battle in Syria.

Hermanns Fortress (Hermanni linnus) , founded by crusaders in the 13th century, enlarged by the Swedes. 1492 a Russian fortress named Ivangorod. In 1704 Czar Peter the Great conquered the fortress, The "Long Hermann" is its 50 m high tower.
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Hermanns Fortress (Hermanni linnus) , founded by crusaders in the 13th century...

Hermanns Fortress (Hermanni linnus) , founded by crusaders in the 13th century, enlarged by the Swedes. 1492 a Russian fortress named Ivangorod. In 1704 Czar Peter the Great conquered the fortress, The tower, "Long Herman" is 50 m high.
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Hermanns Fortress (Hermanni linnus) , founded by crusaders in the 13th century...

Tomb of Bohemund,a Norman prince who died in Antiochia during the First Crusade (1111).
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Tomb of Bohemund,a Norman prince who died in Antiochia during the Fir...

View of Duernstein on the Danube river, Lower Austria, seen from the castle ruins. In the castle above the town, King Richard the Lion-Hearted of England was held captive by Duke Leopold V after their dispute during the Third Crusade in 1193. The castle was almost completely destroyed by the Swedes in 1645.
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View of Duernstein on the Danube river, Lower Austria, seen from the castle ruin...