Hotels-live.com - iPhone photo by @michaelchristopherbrown. The nearly 1500 year-old Basilica Hagia Sophia, located in Istanbul, Turkey, was a Greek Orthodox patriarchal basilica (church), later an imperial mosque and is now a museum. Considered the epito

Hotels-live.com - iPhone photo by @michaelchristopherbrown. The nearly 1500 year-old Basilica Hagia Sophia, located in Istanbul, Turkey, was a Greek Orthodox patriarchal basilica (church), later an imperial mosque and is now a museum. Considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture, the Basilica is said to have "changed the history of architecture” and remained the world's largest cathedral for nearly a thousand years, until Seville Cathedral was completed in 1520. In this photograph, tourists photograph the Deësis mosaic. Constructed in the mid-13th century, the mosaic depicts the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist imploring the intercession of Christ Pantocrator for humanity on Judgement Day. @magnumphotos @Hotelslive by natgeo instagram.com/p/tVnNEKoVQR/ Follow #Instagram @Hotelspaschers instagram.com/hotelspaschers and @Voyageslive #Twitter #TeamFollowBack #Natgeo #Voyage #Travel #TFB #FollowTrick www.facebook.com/125048940862168/photos/a.801751693191886... via Hotels-live.com www.facebook.com/pages/p/125048940862168 #Retweet #TeamFollowBack #F4F #TityFollowTrain via http://flic.kr/p/p6p58D