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  • Aya Yorgi Church

  • Aya Yorgi Church

    Aya Yorgi Church is a Greek Orthodox church and Monastery dating back to the 6th century AD and located in Büyükada island, the largest of the nine Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul, Turkey. The church was rebuilt in the 18th and 20th centuries AD.
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    Aya Yorgi Church
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    Aya Yorgi Church

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    Turkey

    Istanbul

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    6th Century AD

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