It is a well-known fact that tourism can be a deadly foe as much as a firm friend in the matter of development.
Considering the economic might of the tourist industry—now regarded as the biggest in the world ahead of automobiles and chemicals—careful attention should be paid to this many-sided phenomenon with its global repercussions. The impact of tourism is such that progressive strategies are vitally needed in order to prepare the ground for genuinely progressive international, regional and local strategies.
It is UNESCO’s intention to assist the 191 Member States in preparing their policies while reconsidering the relationship between tourism and cultural diversity, tourism and intercultural dialogue, and tourism and development. In this way, the Organization proposes to contribute to the fight against poverty, protection of the environment and mutual appreciation of cultures.
ST.SOPHIA is the one of The World Treasure
This section on the Great Church of Hagia Sophia contains over 30 high quality photographs on the Church of Hagia Sophia and its famous mosaics.
In order to accomodate slower modem connections, we have separated this special section on Hagia Sophia into four separate web pages to reduce the wait for the pages to load.
The pictures in the following pages are some of the best found anywhere on the Internet and will prove to be an inspiration to the visitor
THE MONASTERY OF CONSTANTINE LIPS
The monastery of Lips has been identified with certainty with the Fenari-lsa Camii (Mordtmann, Millingen, Makridis, Janin). It is a building complex composed of the church of the Theotokos Panachrantos (the Immaculate Mother of God) the church of St. John the Baptist and the funerary chapel.
The first church, consecrated to the Theotokos in 908, was built to the north of the site by Constantine Lips, a high official in the service of Leo Vl the Wise (886-912) and later of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (913-959)-Constantine of Lips, first spatharius and domesticus of the service, the present anthypatus patricius and great hetaeriarch, according to Constantine Porphyrogenitus (G, 184, 370).
The name of Constantine is recorded in a fragmentary inscription on a cornice of the east wall of the church. In the late 13th century, Theodora, consort of Michael Vlll Palaeologus (1261-1282) erected south of the church of the Theotokos a new church dedicated to St. John the Prodrome and further south a small funerary chapel. She also restored the hospice built by the founder, which was by then in ruins.
Considering the economic might of the tourist industry—now regarded as the biggest in the world ahead of automobiles and chemicals—careful attention should be paid to this many-sided phenomenon with its global repercussions. The impact of tourism is such that progressive strategies are vitally needed in order to prepare the ground for genuinely progressive international, regional and local strategies.
It is UNESCO’s intention to assist the 191 Member States in preparing their policies while reconsidering the relationship between tourism and cultural diversity, tourism and intercultural dialogue, and tourism and development. In this way, the Organization proposes to contribute to the fight against poverty, protection of the environment and mutual appreciation of cultures.
ST.SOPHIA is the one of The World Treasure
This section on the Great Church of Hagia Sophia contains over 30 high quality photographs on the Church of Hagia Sophia and its famous mosaics.
In order to accomodate slower modem connections, we have separated this special section on Hagia Sophia into four separate web pages to reduce the wait for the pages to load.
The pictures in the following pages are some of the best found anywhere on the Internet and will prove to be an inspiration to the visitor
THE MONASTERY OF CONSTANTINE LIPS
The monastery of Lips has been identified with certainty with the Fenari-lsa Camii (Mordtmann, Millingen, Makridis, Janin). It is a building complex composed of the church of the Theotokos Panachrantos (the Immaculate Mother of God) the church of St. John the Baptist and the funerary chapel.
The first church, consecrated to the Theotokos in 908, was built to the north of the site by Constantine Lips, a high official in the service of Leo Vl the Wise (886-912) and later of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (913-959)-Constantine of Lips, first spatharius and domesticus of the service, the present anthypatus patricius and great hetaeriarch, according to Constantine Porphyrogenitus (G, 184, 370).
The name of Constantine is recorded in a fragmentary inscription on a cornice of the east wall of the church. In the late 13th century, Theodora, consort of Michael Vlll Palaeologus (1261-1282) erected south of the church of the Theotokos a new church dedicated to St. John the Prodrome and further south a small funerary chapel. She also restored the hospice built by the founder, which was by then in ruins.
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