Chora church
The Chora Church or Kariye Mosque is a Byzantine church, now converted to a mosque, in the Edirnekapı neighborhood of Fatih district, Istanbul, Turkey.- Type: Church
- Description: church converted to mosque in Turkey
- Also known as: “Chora Church”, “Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora”, “Kariye Camii”, “Kariye Church”, “Kariye Mosque”, “Kariye Museum”, and “The Chora”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Golden Horn and Walls of Blachernai.
Golden Horn
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The Golden Horn is the district of Istanbul surrounding the banks of the body of water of the same name, which is a bay of the Bosphorus along its western, European coast.
Walls of Blachernai
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The walls of Constantinople are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople since its founding as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine the Great. Walls of Blachernai is situated 650 metres north of Chora church.
Kefeli Mosque
Mosque
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The Kefeli Mosque is a former Eastern Orthodox church, later jointly officiated by Roman Catholics and Armenians, and finally converted into a mosque by the Ottomans. Kefeli Mosque is situated 270 metres southeast of Chora church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fener and Hasköy.
Fener
Quarter
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Fener, also spelled Phanar, is a quarter midway up the Golden Horn in the district of Fatih in Istanbul, Turkey. The Turkish name is derived from the Greek word "phanarion", meaning lantern, streetlight or lamppost; the neighborhood was so called because of a column topped with a lantern which stood here in the Byzantine period and was used as a street light or lighthouse.
Hasköy
Quarter
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Hasköy is a trading and residential district on the northern bank of the Golden Horn in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey. It includes the neighbourhoods of Keçeci Piri, Piri Paşa, and Halıcıoğlu, and parts of Camiikebir and Sütlüce.
Eyüpsultan
Town
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Eyüpsultan or Eyüp is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 228 km2, and its population is 422,913. The district extends from the Golden Horn all the way to the shore of the Black Sea.
Chora church
- Categories: mosque, museum, and religion
- Location: Historical Peninsula, Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Chora church” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة خورا”
- Arabic: “متحف تشورا”
- Armenian: “Խորայի եկեղեցի”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Փրկիչ եկեղեցի”
- Azerbaijani: “Kariye məscidi”
- Basque: “Kora eliza”
- Bosnian: “Manastir Hora”
- Bulgarian: “Христос Спасител”
- Bulgarian: “Църква Хора”
- Catalan: “sant Salvador de Cora”
- Catalan: “Sant Salvador de Cora”
- Chinese: “科拉教堂”
- Croatian: “Crkva Chora”
- Croatian: “Crkva Hora”
- Czech: “Chrám svatého Spasitele v Chóře”
- Dutch: “Chaikerk”
- Dutch: “Chora kerk”
- Dutch: “Chora-kerk”
- Dutch: “Chorakerk”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسة خورا”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه خورا”
- Estonian: “Chora kirik”
- French: “Kariye Camii”
- French: “Kariye Kilisesi”
- French: “Saint-Sauveur-in-Chora”
- Gagauz: “Kariye camisi”
- Georgian: “ხორას მონასტერი”
- German: “Chora-Kirche”
- Greek: “Καριγιέ Τζαμί”
- Greek: “Μονή της Χώρας”
- Indonesian: “Biara Khora”
- Indonesian: “Gereja Chora”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Kari”
- Italian: “chiesa di San Salvatore in Chora”
- Italian: “Chiesa di San Salvatore in Chora”
- Italian: “Moschea di Chora”
- Italian: “Moschea Kariye”
- Japanese: “カーリエ博物館”
- Japanese: “コーラ修道院”
- Japanese: “コーラ教会”
- Kazakh: “Хора”
- Korean: “카리예 박물관”
- Macedonian: “Музеј Карије”
- Macedonian: “Црква Исус Спасител”
- Malayalam: “Chora Church”
- Malayalam: “കോറ പള്ളി”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chora camii”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kariye Camii”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Savior i Chora”
- Norwegian: “Kariye Camii”
- Persian: “کلیسای خورا”
- Polish: “Chora”
- Polish: “Kościół Chora”
- Portuguese: “Igreja Chora”
- Portuguese: “Igreja de Chora”
- Portuguese: “Igreja de São Salvador em Chora”
- Portuguese: “Igreja de São Salvador em Cora”
- Portuguese: “Kariye Camii”
- Portuguese: “Mesquita de Kariye”
- Portuguese: “Mesquita Kariye”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Cora”
- Portuguese: “Museu Chora”
- Portuguese: “Museu de Chora”
- Portuguese: “Museu Kariye”
- Portuguese: “São Salvador em Chora”
- Romanian: “Biserica Chora”
- Romanian: “Moscheea Kariye”
- Russian: “Монастырь Хора”
- Serbian: “Crkva Hrista Spasitelja u Polju”
- Serbian: “Карије музеј”
- Serbian: “Карије џамија”
- Serbian: “Карије”
- Serbian: “Музеј Карије”
- Serbian: “музеј Хора”
- Serbian: “Музеј Хора”
- Serbian: “Хора музеј”
- Serbian: “Хора”
- Serbian: “црква Хора”
- Serbian: “Црква Христа Спаситеља у Пољу”
- Serbian: “Џамија Карије”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Crkva Hora”
- Slovak: “Chrám svätého Spasiteľa (Chóra)”
- Slovak: “Chrám svätého Spasiteľa”
- Slovenian: “Cerkev Hora”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San Salvador de Cora”
- Spanish: “Kariye Müzesi”
- Spanish: “San Salvador de Chora”
- Spanish: “San Salvador de Cora”
- Spanish: “San Salvador en Chora”
- Spanish: “San Salvador en Cora”
- Tatar: “Хора кәшишханәсе”
- Tatar: “Хора мәчете”
- Tatar: “Хора чиркәве”
- Tatar: “Хорадагы Изге Коткаручы чиркәве”
- Turkish: “Azize Kurtarıcı Hora Kilisesi”
- Turkish: “Hora Kilisesi”
- Turkish: “Hora Manastırı”
- Turkish: “Kariye Camii”
- Turkish: “Kariye Kilisesi”
- Turkish: “Kariye Müzesi”
- Turkish: “Khora Kilisesi”
- Ukrainian: “Хора”
- Ukrainian: “Церква Хора”
- Urdu: “جامع قعریہ”
- Urdu: “خورا گرجا گھر”
- Uzbek: “Kariye masjidi”
- Western Frisian: “Chora-tsjerke”
- Western Panjabi: “کاریہ مسیت”
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