Hagia Sophia and Monastery of the Transfiguration, Kinaliada, are located in which city?
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Hagia Sophia Hagia Sophia ( ; from the Greek: Αγία Σοφία , ] , "Holy Wisdom"; Latin: "Sancta Sophia" or "Sancta Sapientia"; Turkish: "Ayasofya" ) was a Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal basilica (church), later an imperial mosque, and is now a museum (Ayasofya Müzesi) in Istanbul, Turkey. The Roman Empire's first Christian Cathedral, from the date of its construction in 537 AD, and until 1453, it served as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral and seat of the Patriarch of Constantinople, except between 1204 and 1261, when it was converted by the Fourth Crusaders to a Roman Catholic cathedral under the Latin Empire. The building was later converted into an Ottoman mosque from 29 May 1453 until 1931. It was then secularized and opened as a museum on 1 February 1935. Famous in particular for its massive dome, it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture and is said to have "changed the history of architecture". It remained the world's largest cathedral for nearly a thousand years, until Seville Cathedral was completed in 1520.
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Monastery of the Transfiguration, Kinaliada The Monastery of the Transfiguration, known locally as Hristo [Christ] Monastery, is a prominent Greek Orthodox monastery that has served the Greek Orthodox community of Constantinople (modern Istanbul) since the time of the Byzantine Empire. The monastery is located on the island of Kınalıada, one of the Prince Islands in the Sea of Marmara. It is situated on one of the highest peaks on the island called Hristo Peak (93 meters), which is named after the Monastery. The Monastery is especially known as a destination for exiled Byzantine Emperors in the 11th century.
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Alexandria Troas Alexandria Troas ("Alexandria of the Troad"; Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια Τρωάς ; Turkish: "Eski Stambul" ) is the site of an ancient Greek city situated on the Aegean Sea near the northern tip of Turkey's western coast, a little south of Tenedos (modern Bozcaada). It is located southeast of modern Dalyan, a village in the Ezine district of Çanakkale Province. The site sprawls over an estimated 400 ha ; among the few structures remaining today are a ruined bath, an odeon, a theatre, gymnasium complex and a recently uncovered stadion. The circuit of the old walls can still be traced.
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Sardis Sardis ( ) or Sardes ( ; Lydian: "Sfard"; Ancient Greek: Σάρδεις "Sardeis"; Old Persian: "Sparda" ) was an ancient city at the location of modern "Sart" (Sartmahmut before 19 October 2005) in Turkey's Manisa Province. Sardis was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Lydia, one of the important cities of the Persian Empire, the seat of a proconsul under the Roman Empire, and the metropolis of the province Lydia in later Roman and Byzantine times. As one of the Seven churches of Asia, it was addressed by John, the author of the Book of Revelation in the Holy Bible, in terms which seem to imply that its population was notoriously soft and fainthearted. Its importance was due first to its military strength, secondly to its situation on an important highway leading from the interior to the Aegean coast, and thirdly to its commanding the wide and fertile plain of the Hermus.
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Monastery of Saint David the Elder The Monastery of Saint David the Elder (Greek: Ιερά Μονή Οσίου Δαυίδ του Γέροντος ), also known as the Monastery of Saint David of Euboea (Ιερά Μονή Οσίου Δαυίδ Ευβοίας), is a Greek Orthodox monastery located near the village of Drimona, near the town of Limni, on the Greek island of Euboea.
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Selinunte Selinunte ( ; Ancient Greek: Σελινοῦς , "Selinous"; Latin: "Selinūs" ) was an ancient Greek city on the south-western coast of Sicily in Italy. It was situated between the valleys of the Belice and Modione rivers. It now lies in the "comune" Castelvetrano, between the "frazioni" of Triscina di Selinunte in the west and Marinella di Selinunte in the east. The archaeological site contains five temples centered on an acropolis. Of the five temples, only the Temple of Hera, also known as "Temple E", has been re-erected. At its peak before 409 BC the city may have contained up to 30,000 people, excluding slaves.
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Pantokratoros Monastery Pantokratoros monastery (Greek: Μονή Παντοκράτορος ) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It stands on the north-eastern side of the Athos peninsula, and dedicated to the Transfiguration of Our Lord. The monastery ranks seventh in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries.
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South Sinai Governorate South Sinai Governorate (Egyptian Arabic: محافظة جنوب سيناء‎ ‎ "Muḥāfẓet Ganūb Sīnāʾ ") is the least populated governorate of Egypt. It is located in the east of the country, encompassing the southern half of the Sinai Peninsula. Saint Catherine's Monastery, an Eastern Orthodox Church monastery and UNESCO World Heritage site of world renown, is located in central part of the governorate.
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Piana degli Albanesi Cathedral Piana degli Albanesi Cathedral, in full the Cathedral of Saint Demetrius the Martyr of Thessaloniki (Italian: "Cattedrale di Piana degli Albanesi, Cattedrale di San Demetrio Megalomartire di Tessalonica" , Albanian: "Kryeklisha e Shën Mitrit të Madhit Dëshmor" ) is a cathedral in Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily, Italy. It is the seat of the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi, part of the Byzantine Rite Italo-Albanian Catholic Church.
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Noli Noli (] ; Ligurian "Nöi" ] ) is a coast "comune" of Liguria, Italy, in the Province of Savona, it is about 50 km southwest of Genoa by rail, about 4 m above sea-level. The origin of the name may come from "Neapolis", meaning "new city" in Greek.
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Sophia University Sophia University (上智大学 , Jōchi Daigaku ) is a private Jesuit research university in Japan, with its main campus located near Yotsuya station, in an area of Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. It is ranked as one of the top private universities in Japan. It takes its name from the Greek "Sophia" meaning "wisdom". The Japanese name, "Jōchi Daigaku", literally means "University of Higher Wisdom".
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Yeşilköy Yeşilköy (] ; prior to 1926, San Stefano or "Santo Stefano" from the Greek: Άγιος Στέφανος pronounced "Ayos Stefanos", rendered in Turkish as "Ayastefanos", Bulgarian: Сан Стефано ) is a neighbourhood (Turkish: "mahalle" ) in the district of Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey, on the Marmara Sea about 11 km west of Istanbul's historic city centre. Before the rapid increase of Istanbul's population in the 1970s, Yeşilköy was merely a village and a sea resort.
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Lagina Lagina (Greek: Λαγίνα ) is an ancient cult site of important archaeological and tourist value dating from the Carian period and extended under the Seleucid kings that is situated in southwestern Turkey (adjacent to Turgut, a municipality in the Muğla Province) and which is famous for its Hekate Sanctuary. The site is situated at 9 kilometers distance from the Yatağan-Milas highway, served by an asphalt road bifurcating shortly after the Yatağan Thermal Power Plant when coming from Yatağan.
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Harbour of Eleutherios The Harbour of Eleutherios (Greek: ), later known as the Harbour of Theodosius (Greek: λιμήν Θεοδοσίου , Latin: "Portus Theodosiacus" ) was one of the ports of ancient Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, located beneath the modern Yenikapi neighbourhood of Istanbul, Turkey.
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Syracuse, Sicily Syracuse ( ; Italian: "Siracusa" , ] ; Sicilian: "Sarausa/Seragusa" ; ; Ancient Greek: Συράκουσαι , "Syrakousai"; Medieval Greek: Συρακοῦσαι ) is a historic city in Sicily, the capital of the province of Syracuse. The city is notable for its rich Greek history, culture, amphitheatres, architecture, and as the birthplace of the preeminent mathematician and engineer Archimedes. This 2,700-year-old city played a key role in ancient times, when it was one of the major powers of the Mediterranean world. Syracuse is located in the southeast corner of the island of Sicily, next to the Gulf of Syracuse beside the Ionian Sea.
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Ardenica Monastery The Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Ardenica or simply Ardenica Monastery (Albanian: "Manastiri Lindja e Hyjlindëses Mari" Greek: Ιερά Μονή Γεννήσεως Θεοτόκου Αρδευούσης ) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery, distant 18 kilometers north of Lushnje, Albania, along the national road that links Lushnjë to Fier.
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Mtskheta Mtskheta (Georgian: მცხეთა ] ) is a city in Mtskheta-Mtianeti province of Georgia. One of the oldest cities of Georgia, it is located approximately 20 km north of Tbilisi at the confluence of the Aragvi river.
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Holy Transfiguration Church, Kėdainiai Holy Transfiguration Church is an Eastern Orthodox church in Kėdainiai.
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Antalya Antalya (] ) is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of its eponymous province. Located on Anatolia's flourishing southwest coast bordered by the Taurus Mountains, Antalya is the largest Turkish city on the Mediterranean coast with over one million people in its metropolitan area.
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Kanalon Monastery The Kanalon Monastery (Greek: Ιερά Σταυροπηγιακή Μονή των Κανάλων , "Iera Stavropigiaki Moni ton Kanalon") is a Greek Orthodox convent in the north-east of the Greek region of Thessaly. Beside the monasteries
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Cefalù Cefalù (] ; Sicilian: Cifalù ; Greek: Κεφαλοίδιον  "Kephaloídion" , Diod., Strabo, or Κεφαλοιδίς "Kephaloidís ", Ptol.; Latin: Cephaloedium , or Cephaloedis , Pliny) is a city and "comune" in the Province of Palermo, located on the northern coast of Sicily, Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea about 70 km east of the provincial capital and 185 km west of Messina. The town, with its population of just under 14,000, is one of the major tourist attractions in the region. Despite its size, every year it attracts millions of tourists from all parts of Sicily and also, from all over Italy and Europe.
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Larisa (Troad) Larisa (Ancient Greek: Λάρισα  "Larisa" ) was an ancient Greek city in the south-west of the Troad region of Anatolia. Its surrounding territory was known in Greek as the Λαρισαῖα ("Larisaia"). It has been located on a small rise by the coast now known as Limantepe, about 3.5 km from the village of Kösedere to the north-east and 3 km from the village of Babadere to the east, in the Ayvacık district of Çanakkale province, Turkey. As with other Greek toponyms containing the consonantal string -ss-, spellings that drop one 's' exist alongside those that retain both in the ancient literary sources. Larisa in the Troad should not be confused with 'Aeolian' Larisa, near Menemen, or with 'Ionian' Larisa in İzmir province.