Chora Mosque

Chora Mosque
Tadam, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Place of Worship

Chora Mosque

Kariye Camii

About

Its mosaics and frescoes, commissioned by Theodore Metochites around 1315, are among the finest surviving Byzantine art. It reopened as a mosque in May 2024, and the mosaics are curtained during prayers but visible at other times.

Coffee Nearby

FatihCoffee Department · BeyoğluOpen · Closes 18:00