Culture Explorer Podcasts: Recent Episodes
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The growth of Cambridge's market and its importance to both town and university.
Welcome to Cambridge! During this tour, we will help you to get to know this historic market town with a thriving business community and world-renowned university.
We’ll be viewing the historical colleges from outside and cover some historical Cambridge traditions.
How Cambridge grew from a simple riverside development
Welcome to Cambridge! During this tour, we will help you to get to know this historic market town with a thriving business community and world-renowned university.
We’ll be viewing the historical colleges from outside and cover some historical Cambridge traditions.
Sultans’ tombs and buildings on the south side of Hagia Sophia
An accurate and entertaining tour of Istanbul’s magnificent Hagia Sophia:
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Covers Hagia Sophia’s 1500 years of history, during Byzantine and Ottoman eras
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Explains why Hagia Sophia is an architectural wonder and one of the most important buildings in the world
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Special focus on mosaics, which are among the greatest achievements of European art
The Vestibule of the Warriors and its function
An accurate and entertaining tour of Istanbul’s magnificent Hagia Sophia:
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Covers Hagia Sophia’s 1500 years of history, during Byzantine and Ottoman eras
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Explains why Hagia Sophia is an architectural wonder and one of the most important buildings in the world
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Special focus on mosaics, which are among the greatest achievements of European art
The mosaic of Archangel Gabriel from the Apse
An accurate and entertaining tour of Istanbul’s magnificent Hagia Sophia:
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Covers Hagia Sophia’s 1500 years of history, during Byzantine and Ottoman eras
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Explains why Hagia Sophia is an architectural wonder and one of the most important buildings in the world
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Special focus on mosaics, which are among the greatest achievements of European art
Description of the mosaic of Emperor Alexander
An accurate and entertaining tour of Istanbul’s magnificent Hagia Sophia:
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Covers Hagia Sophia’s 1500 years of history, during Byzantine and Ottoman eras
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Explains why Hagia Sophia is an architectural wonder and one of the most important buildings in the world
The Deesis mosaic and the Byzantine Renaissance
An accurate and entertaining tour of Istanbul’s magnificent Hagia Sophia:
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Covers Hagia Sophia’s 1500 years of history, during Byzantine and Ottoman eras
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Explains why Hagia Sophia is an architectural wonder and one of the most important buildings in the world
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Special focus on mosaics, which are among the greatest achievements of European art
Remains of the sarcophagus of Enrico Dandolo
An accurate and entertaining tour of Istanbul’s magnificent Hagia Sophia:
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Covers Hagia Sophia’s 1500 years of history, during Byzantine and Ottoman eras
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Explains why Hagia Sophia is an architectural wonder and one of the most important buildings in the world
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Special focus on mosaics, which are among the greatest achievements of European art
Description and style of the Mosaic of Emperor John II Comnenos and Empress Irene
An accurate and entertaining tour of Istanbul’s magnificent Hagia Sophia:
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Covers Hagia Sophia’s 1500 years of history, during Byzantine and Ottoman eras
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Explains why Hagia Sophia is an architectural wonder and one of the most important buildings in the world
Description and style of the Mosaic of Emperor Constantine IX and Empress Zoe
An accurate and entertaining tour of Istanbul’s magnificent Hagia Sophia:
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Covers Hagia Sophia’s 1500 years of history, during Byzantine and Ottoman eras
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Explains why Hagia Sophia is an architectural wonder and one of the most important buildings in the world
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Special focus on mosaics, which are among the greatest achievements of European art
Mosaics of three important bishops of the Christian church
An accurate and entertaining tour of Istanbul’s magnificent Hagia Sophia:
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Covers Hagia Sophia’s 1500 years of history, during Byzantine and Ottoman eras
-
Explains why Hagia Sophia is an architectural wonder and one of the most important buildings in the world
-
Special focus on mosaics, which are among the greatest achievements of European art
The marble screen in the South Gallery and its function
An accurate and entertaining tour of Istanbul’s magnificent Hagia Sophia:
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Covers Hagia Sophia’s 1500 years of history, during Byzantine and Ottoman eras
-
Explains why Hagia Sophia is an architectural wonder and one of the most important buildings in the world
-
Special focus on mosaics, which are among the greatest achievements of European art
An accurate and entertaining tour of Istanbul’s magnificent Hagia Sophia:
-
Covers Hagia Sophia’s 1500 years of history, during Byzantine and Ottoman eras
-
Explains why Hagia Sophia is an architectural wonder and one of the most important buildings in the world
-
Special focus on mosaics, which are among the greatest achievements of European art
The Sweating Column and mythical accounts about its healing powers
An accurate and entertaining tour of Istanbul’s magnificent Hagia Sophia:
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Covers Hagia Sophia’s 1500 years of history, during Byzantine and Ottoman eras
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Explains why Hagia Sophia is an architectural wonder and one of the most important buildings in the world
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An accurate and entertaining tour of Istanbul’s magnificent Hagia Sophia:
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Covers Hagia Sophia’s 1500 years of history, during Byzantine and Ottoman eras
-
Explains why Hagia Sophia is an architectural wonder and one of the most important buildings in the world
Ottoman additions made to Hagia Sophia after its conversion into a mosque
An accurate and entertaining tour of Istanbul’s magnificent Hagia Sophia:
-
Covers Hagia Sophia’s 1500 years of history, during Byzantine and Ottoman eras
-
Explains why Hagia Sophia is an architectural wonder and one of the most important buildings in the world
-
Special focus on mosaics, which are among the greatest achievements of European art
The Byzantine apse and the Seraph mosaics in the pendentives
An accurate and entertaining tour of Istanbul’s magnificent Hagia Sophia:
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Covers Hagia Sophia’s 1500 years of history, during Byzantine and Ottoman eras
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Explains why Hagia Sophia is an architectural wonder and one of the most important buildings in the world
-
Special focus on mosaics, which are among the greatest achievements of European art
Later mythical accounts and sites of popular veneration inside Hagia Sophia
An accurate and entertaining tour of Istanbul’s magnificent Hagia Sophia:
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Covers Hagia Sophia’s 1500 years of history, during Byzantine and Ottoman eras
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Explains why Hagia Sophia is an architectural wonder and one of the most important buildings in the world
-
Special focus on mosaics, which are among the greatest achievements of European art
The marble inlay disc known as the Omphalion
An accurate and entertaining tour of Istanbul’s magnificent Hagia Sophia:
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Covers Hagia Sophia’s 1500 years of history, during Byzantine and Ottoman eras
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Explains why Hagia Sophia is an architectural wonder and one of the most important buildings in the world
-
Special focus on mosaics, which are among the greatest achievements of European art
The marble decoration of the capitals and arches
An accurate and entertaining tour of Istanbul’s magnificent Hagia Sophia:
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Covers Hagia Sophia’s 1500 years of history, during Byzantine and Ottoman eras
-
Explains why Hagia Sophia is an architectural wonder and one of the most important buildings in the world
-
Special focus on mosaics, which are among the greatest achievements of European art