# Gaspare Fossati - Louis Haghe - Vue générale de la grande nef, en regardant l'occident (Hagia Sophia - Ayasofya Mosque nave)

- By: Gaspare Fossati (artist, 1809-1883)
- Date: 1852
- Classification: Painting
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- Rights: Public domain
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"Vue générale de la grande nef, en regardant l'occident" - An illustration of the nave of the Ayasofya Mosque/Hagia Sophia from the period when it was in use as a mosque. This appears to be a very accurate depiction, compare this (somewhat badly degraded) photograph from fifty years later.