CHORA MUSEUM, ICON OF BYZANTINE ART
CHORA MUSEUM, ICON OF BYZANTINE ART
Maximum number of tourists: 10
Price per tour: 150 USD
Duration: 1 hours
Distance: 3 km
Tour by: YILMAZ iNCE (Date: 08.03.2011)
Price per tour: 150 USD
Duration: 1 hours
Distance: 3 km
Tour by: YILMAZ iNCE (Date: 08.03.2011)
Tour description
Shortly after we meet at any place in Istanbul, we set out for the Museum of Chora ( Kariye Mosque), to have a cultural insight the visual pages of Bible on the walls, go back to our meeting place accordingly.
In 330 AD, Constantine the Great transferred the capital of the Roman Empire to the city of Byzantion on the shores of the Bosporus. During the early Byzantine period (330-700), the Empire included Eastern Europe, the Roman Near East, Egypt and portions of North Africa. The Arab conquests of the seventh century would greatly reduce this area, but the Byzantine world would soon extend into areas of Russia, which were never before Romanized. With the exception of the Latin Conquests, when crusaders captured the imperial capital (1204-61), Constantinople remained as the geographic and symbolic center of this cultural and political sphere until its conquest and collapse (1453).
Chora Monastery, (Kariye Camii). Founded probably as early as the sixth century, rebuilt in the late eleventh and early twelfth century, and splendidly restored by the Byzantine humanist, poet, and later prime minister Theodore Metochites between 1316 and 1321. Chora Monastery is today considered as an 'icon' of Late Byzantine art.
Please Note: Transportation can be arranged upon your request.
In 330 AD, Constantine the Great transferred the capital of the Roman Empire to the city of Byzantion on the shores of the Bosporus. During the early Byzantine period (330-700), the Empire included Eastern Europe, the Roman Near East, Egypt and portions of North Africa. The Arab conquests of the seventh century would greatly reduce this area, but the Byzantine world would soon extend into areas of Russia, which were never before Romanized. With the exception of the Latin Conquests, when crusaders captured the imperial capital (1204-61), Constantinople remained as the geographic and symbolic center of this cultural and political sphere until its conquest and collapse (1453).
Chora Monastery, (Kariye Camii). Founded probably as early as the sixth century, rebuilt in the late eleventh and early twelfth century, and splendidly restored by the Byzantine humanist, poet, and later prime minister Theodore Metochites between 1316 and 1321. Chora Monastery is today considered as an 'icon' of Late Byzantine art.
Please Note: Transportation can be arranged upon your request.
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