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Imperial Yacht Standardt - Dowager Empress's Room

from an 1896 British Magazine

These images of the Imperial Yacht Standart were not very good, but we hope you will find them interesting.

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Imperial Yacht Standardt

Virgin and Child in the Apse of Hagia Sophia

Here's a page dedicated to this famous mosaic in the apse sem-dome of the great cathedral church of old Byzantium.  It dates from the original redecoration of the church after iconoclasm ended.

Learn more - Byzantium and Hagia Sophia - Links

This is a page on the Hagia Sophia website of links to other websites with related topics or information.  Sometimes site visitors want to learn more

Jewels of the Romanovs
I Visit the Soviets by E. M. Delafield
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