The Hagia Sophia. Part 5 - The Gardens

The Hagia Sophia is the most important Byzantine building and so it will take 5 videos to do it justice. This is part 5 where we look around the gardens and find the best spot for photos.
This video is part of a series - 'The History of Byzantium goes to Istanbul.' In 2018 the listeners of the podcast funded a Kickstarter to send me to Istanbul. I documented many of the surviving Byzantine sites and have made videos about them.
I am now able to offer tours to Istanbul (and beyond) for listeners of the podcast. Email me if you'd like to know more (thehistoryofbyzantium at gmail.com).
Video edited by / suhlefilm
For more information about Byzantine Constantinople visit www.thebyzanti.... It's a fantastic website providing breakdowns of the Byzantine buildings that can still be seen today and there you'll find most of the still images and sketches used in these videos.
'The History of Byzantium' is a podcast telling the story of the Roman Empire from 476 AD to 1453. The podcast home page is here thehistoryofby... and you can support the show at / historyofbyzantium
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[@zoso1313]

Just fantastic, thanks for posting.

[@petrosdorizas6814]

Excellent series Robin, I last visited in Istanbul in 2014 so next visit, you will have equipped me with so much more information than I had then!

[@jodyrewa688]

So glad a cat made an appearance! I loved the whole series, thank you

[@userl2227]

Well done Robin. Great series. You must tell us about the orange shoes!

[@Ezada]

Excellent video!

[@susanpower-q5q]

Great connection you kindly point out between Saint John Gold Mouth and base of the statue
that once had porphyry column and a silver statue of Emperor Arcadius wife Aelia Eudoxia
first of two burning down of Ayia Sophia in 403 and NIKA RIOTS
What a great view from Seven Hills Hotel

[@paulharvey2396]

Thank you for this gift of good education which has been very helpful to my little book. May the Lord Prosper and reward you amen. In my work I have found it hard to find this kind of quality in English about Islamic gifts - to be able to respond more intelligently and more highly to the gifts of Islam has been my constant wish but I have not been able to do so. My reason for wishing this is to enhance my educative work with a better quality knowledge of both sides - to promote a more advanced love and leave behind the everlasting recriminations and blame. Maybe you could do something like this? To help Christian visitors to love and understand the goodness of Islam. Time for such generosity is here. If a Christian says “I love you” to Islam, it might make a world of difference. We must live side by side = Greece and Turkey. How wonderful it would be understand more sensitively the meaning of the flowers and tessellation patterns of the Mosques.

[@anatolymeller6261]

Orange shoes? Next you'll be wearing a purple robe.