Holy Monastery of the Life-Giving Spring at Baloukli
Balıklı, İstanbul, Zeytinburnu, Türkiye Christianity
A historic Greek Orthodox pilgrimage monastery in Istanbul centered on the venerated Life-Giving Spring.
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Ahrida Synagogue
Balat, İstanbul, Fatih, Türkiye Judaism
One of Istanbul’s oldest surviving synagogues, rooted in the Jewish community of historic Balat.
Neve Shalom Synagogue
Galata, İstanbul, Beyoğlu, Türkiye Judaism
A principal synagogue of Istanbul’s Jewish community, opened in 1951 in Galata.
Aya Yorgi Monastery, Büyükada
Büyükada, İstanbul, Adalar, Türkiye Christianity
A hilltop Orthodox monastery on Büyükada and one of Istanbul’s best-known Christian pilgrimage destinations.
Patriarchal Church of St. George
Fener, İstanbul, Fatih, Türkiye Christianity
The principal church of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and a major centre of Eastern Orthodox worship.
Sultan Ahmed Mosque
Sultanahmet, İstanbul, Fatih, Türkiye Islam
The celebrated Blue Mosque, an early seventeenth-century Ottoman imperial mosque facing Hagia Sophia.
Süleymaniye Mosque
Süleymaniye, İstanbul, Fatih, Türkiye Islam
Mimar Sinan’s monumental mosque complex for Sultan Süleyman I, a defining work of classical Ottoman architecture.
Eyüp Sultan Mosque and Tomb
Eyüp Merkez, İstanbul, Eyüpsultan, Türkiye Islam
A major Istanbul pilgrimage mosque centered on the tomb traditionally identified with Abu Ayyub al-Ansari.
Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque
Sultanahmet, İstanbul, Fatih, Türkiye Islam
A sixth-century Byzantine imperial church later converted into an Ottoman mosque, museum, and again an active mosque in 2020.