The museum's digital experience rooms use cutting-edge technology to immerse visitors in the history of Hagia Sophia and ...

Dome of Soltaniyeh is the tomb of Oljaitu which was constructed from 1302 to 1312 AD in Soltaniyeh City (Ilkhanid capital) ...

Anicia Juliana was a Byzantine woman who managed to conquer the fields of architecture, using her massive wealth and noble lineage.

Islamic Heritage sites are distributed all over the world, even in the most unexpected places. Traveling and visiting the ...

Some of my most vivid memories from my first visit to Istanbul in the 1970s are of the colorful locals. Scruffy kids sold ...

Built between 1550 and 1557 after being commissioned by its namesake, Süleyman I, this grand structure features multiple gardens and a large dome ... others like the Hagia Sophia, meaning ...

In contrast, Islamic tradition attributes the conquest of the city and the construction of the Dome of the Rock to ... as an architectural rival to the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.

Especially when seeing the white marble dome and accompanying minarets glint in the sun ... Built by the Byzantine emperor Justinian at the height of the Byzantine Empire's power, the Hagia Sophia ...