page_title: Chora Church
hierarchical_section_title: Chora Church
caption_attribution_description: English: From Library of Congress. TITLE: [Kariye mosque, Istanbul, Turkey] CALL NUMBER: FOREIGN GEOG FILE - Turkey [item] [P&amp;P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ppmsca-03041 (digital file from original) No known restrictions on publication. MEDIUM: 1 photomechanical print&#160;: photochrom, color. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900] NOTES: Title devised by Library staff. Print no. "18466." SUBJECTS: Kariye Camii (Istanbul, Turkey)--1890-1900. Mosques--Turkey--Istanbul--1890-1900. FORMAT: Photochrom prints Color 1890-1900. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (original) ppmsca 03041 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.03041 CARD #: 2003653114
context_page_description: The Kariye Mosque, or formerly the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora, is a medieval Greek Orthodox church used as a mosque today in the Edirnekapı neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey. The neighborhood is situated in the western part of the municipality of the Fatih district. The Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora was built in the style of Byzantine architecture. In the 16th century, during the Ottoman era, the Christian church was converted into a mosque; it became a museum in 1945, and in 2020 it was converted to a mosque. The interior of the building is covered with some of the oldest and finest surviving Byzantine Christian mosaics and frescoes; they were uncovered and restored after the building was secularized and turned into a museum.
context_section_description: The Kariye Mosque, or formerly the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora (Greek: Ἐκκλησία τοῦ Ἁγίου Σωτῆρος ἐν τῇ Χώρᾳ; Turkish: Kariye Müzesi, Kariye Camii, Kariye Kilisesi), is a medieval Greek Orthodox church used as a mosque today in the Edirnekapı neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey. The neighborhood is situated in the western part of the municipality (belediye) of the Fatih district. The Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora was built in the style of Byzantine architecture. In the 16th century, during the Ottoman era, the Christian church was converted into a mosque; it became a museum in 1945, and in 2020 it was converted to a mosque. The interior of the building is covered with some of the oldest and finest surviving Byzantine Christian mosaics and frescoes; they were uncovered and restored after the building was secularized and turned into a museum.
caption: Depiction of the Chora Church, c. 1900
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