Looking accross Aultanahmet Square at the Aya Sofya, Church of the Divine Wisdom (Hagia Sofia in Greek, Sancta Sophia in Latin). Construction was initiated by the Byzantine emperor Justinian in 532 AD. It was superseded by the St Peters's Chapel in Rome almost 1000 years later as the largest house of worship in the world.
Photo: Robert Downie - January 2001 (EOS 300)