"That is NOT Istanbul", commented several fans on Adult Swim's clip of Axel and Leland's trip to find Skinner's grandma.

“Sacred sites encourage us to question different peoples’ convictions and belief systems, rituals and modes of worship, social ... Byzantine Chora Church into an Ottoman-era mosque, this ...

Ekin Özbiçer A short walk from the temple stood a large, ruined structure. BIAA surveyors ... the last days of Rome and the dawn of the Byzantine Empire. The center of Christian life in the ...

Byzantine architecture has had a profound influence across the world, including in the Balkans, Middle East, and North ...

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth century, and with a history surrounded in myth, legend and controversy, it ...

The current Hagia Sophia was built in the 6th century when Constantinople — as Istanbul was then called — was the heart of the Orthodox Christian Byzantine Empire that emerged as Ancient Rome ...

Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) — Whether you’re a believer or not, visiting Hagia Sophia is a spiritual experience. The architectural genius of this place of worship — which was built as a church in ...