Behind the Blue Mosque is the unpretentious Mosaics Museum. A visit was included with our museums pass, so what the hell. You hardly know what you’re looking at …

 

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Imported artist’s rendition of the Great Palace of Byzantium and layout map.

All that remains of the palaces of the kings and queens of Byzantium. Fragments of their mosaic floors, removed from nearby sites during archaeological excavations.