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"The Splendid Door" at the Hagia Sophia.

Tronchin, Francesca C.
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Architecture, Classical, MDID, Istanbul, Turkey, Antiquities, Images, Hagia Sophia
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This image shows a 2nd century BCE bronze door from a temple in Tarsus that was brought to Hagia Sophia by the Emperor Theophilos in the 9th century. Known as "The Splendid Door," it was photographed in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2011.
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Photograph by Dr. Francesca Tronchin, June, 2011. This image was migrated out of MDID and into DLynx during the summer of 2014.