Many of the mosques of Constantinople were formerly Christian churches. There is a belief among the Christians that when the old frescoes of Saint Sophia appear again through their coating of Turkish paint, the city will fall to Christian hands Abstract: Photographs show pedestrians on the Galata Bridge and boats on the Golden Horn, Istanbul, Turkey.

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