Hagia Sophia  Istanbul, Turkey [ Image 3 of 71 ] ArchNet Image ID ITH0717 Photograph Date ca. 1890 Medium B & W print Photographer Sébah and Joaillier Copyright Reproduced with permission of the Fine Arts Library of the Harvard College Library Source Fine Arts Library, Harvard College Library Caption Elevated view from northwest showing the Hagia Sophia on the right and the Hagia Irene in the left background, separated by the fortified walls of the Topkapi Palace; the buildings of Haci Besir Aga Complex occupy the foreground. The residential neighborhood surrounding the church was lost to urban planning interventions at the end of the nineteenth century Source ID Fisher collection Legal Notes Contact ArchNet