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  • Monastery of Stoudios

    Monastery of Stoudios is a ruined Byzantine monastery located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was founded in 462 AD by the consul Flavius Studius, a Roman patrician who had settled in Constantinople, and was consecrated to Saint John the Baptist. The monastery was later converted by Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II into a mosque named İmrahor Mosque. The monastery was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985 as part of Historic Areas of Istanbul.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Historic Areas of Istanbul.
    World Heritage Site
    Monastery of Stoudios
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    Monastery of Stoudios

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1985

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    Churches and Monasteries

    Location

    Turkey

    Istanbul Province

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    5th Century AD

    Christian

    Islamic

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    Christian & Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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