CHORA CHURCH / KARİYE MÜZESİ

FABULOUS FRESCOES IN A CHURCH WITH ROOTS BACK TO THE FOURTH CENTURY

Chora's amazing frescoes were done in the 15th century, during a third rebuilding after an earthquake.

When the church was converted to a mosque, the images were plastered over.

During a restoration, they were rediscovered.

Chora, just outside the famed Theodosian Walls, has been a museum since 1948.