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# St George's Cathedral · OpenVibe.Tours

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# St George's Cathedral

This is modest from the outside, as the Ottomans would not permit non-Muslim religious buildings to rival the mosques.

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![St George's Cathedral](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YQQRVG1ERQH7WA7E9BTWGW) Photo: Klearchos Kapoutsis from Santorini, Greece · CC BY 2.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AChurch_of_St._George%2C_Istanbul_%28August_2010%29.jpg) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)

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## Why go

The interior is lavish but its chief importance is as the senior Eastern Orthodox church. Their Patriarchate has been housed here since 1586 when they were ejected from Agia Sophia.

Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Istanbul/Historical_Peninsula)

## How to visit

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   Photo: Arild Vågen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AHagia_Sophia_Mars_2013.jpg)
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   Photo: Moonik · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AExterior_of_Sultan_Ahmed_I_Mosque_in_Istanbul%2C_Turkey_002.jpg)
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   Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ATopkapi_Palace_Seen_From_Harem.JPG)
4. ![Süleymaniye Mosque](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YQQRT06T10W7MK6R1Y3AWZ?w=640)

    

   

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   Photo: Hunanuk · CC0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AS%C3%BCleymaniyeMosqueIstanbul_%28cropped%29.jpg)
5. ![Dolmabahce Palace](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YQQS04H9HJ445PPM1GF0N7?w=640)

    

   

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   Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APalacio_de_Dolmabah%C3%A7e%2C_Estambul%2C_Turqu%C3%ADa%2C_2024-09-29%2C_DD_24.jpg)
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   Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACisterna_Bas%C3%ADlica%2C_Estambul%2C_Turqu%C3%ADa%2C_2024-09-28%2C_DD_58-60_HDR.jpg)

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