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The Museum of Chora
The name of Kariye is drived from the Greek word "Chora", which means land, country, a subarb or subarban area, as well as country side. The monastery of Chora thus named, as it is lied outside of the city walls built by the Emperor Constantine.During the rei,gn of Emperor Justinian, the monastery was devastated by an aearthquake. The emperor had then rebuilt the monastery as a basilica.It was restored again in 843 A.D. and after that the history of the Chora Monastery lies in profound darkness until the 11th century.
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St. Sophia: Visit St.
Sophia pages, world famous church for Christian world in Istanbul.
Anatolia: Anatolia, the land of
sun and history, is one of the rare places in the world which have been
inhabited ever since the first man was seen on the earth. Our Anatolian
civilizations section covers all the important civilizations of this land. |
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