Aerial view of the Mosques of Hagia Sopphia and Sultan Ahmed in Istanbul - Photos

Air view of the Hagia Sophia Museum and Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Historical Peninsula, Istanbul. Hagia Sophia is a former Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal basilica (church), later an Ottoman Imperial mosque and now a museum. Here is the well known tourist area. The region is the old Istanbul inside the walls. Most of the popular historical places of Istanbul are in Sultanahmet region of the Historical Peninsula.