muvakkithane Archives » Hagia Sophia https://hagiasophiaturkey.com/tag/muvakkithane/ All about Hagia Sophia and Byzantine Art & Architecture in Turkey. Thu, 13 Sep 2018 05:29:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://hagiasophiaturkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-Hagia-Sophia-Turkey-Research-Team-Website-Icon-32x32.png muvakkithane Archives » Hagia Sophia https://hagiasophiaturkey.com/tag/muvakkithane/ 32 32 Muvakkithane https://hagiasophiaturkey.com/muvakkithane/ https://hagiasophiaturkey.com/muvakkithane/#respond Mon, 30 Oct 2017 20:51:24 +0000 http://hagiasophiaturkey.com/?p=1395 Built by Fossati Brothers on the order of Sultan Abdulmecid in the 19th century, Muvakkithane (the clock room) was designed for people to learn the correct time of the prayers. It had a table with a clock on it and windows to be observed easily by people. Today, the building is used as an office […]

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