Like so many of its counterparts, the Church of St. Savior in Chora was a one-time Christian church turned Islamic mosque. In keeping with tradition, its beautiful Byzantine mosaics were covered in plaster during the switch, which incidentally saved them. Today, the church/mosque is a secular museum known for having the best preserved Byzantine frescoes and mosaics anywhere in the world, and rightly so.
Mosaic of the Dormition (death) of the Virgin
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