Carpet Museum spreads out at Istanbul’s Haghia Sophia

ISTANBUL - Anadolu Agency

Some of Turkey’s most valuable carpets are now on display at their new location at the Haghia Sophia. The collection includes hundreds of carpets that were weaved around Anatolia

The most unique carpets, rugs and Caucasus carpets, which were weaved between the 14th and 20th centuries in various weaving centers in Anatolia, are in the museum collection. AA photos

One of Istanbul’s most iconic sites, the Haghia Sophia, is now home to some of the country’s most majestic carpets after the General Directorate of Foundations’ Carpet Museum was transferred to the famous former religious site in Sultanahmet.

The Foundations Carpet Museum Collection, which has one of the world’s richest carpet collections, is made up of carpets, as well as other historical and artistic treasures donated to mosques, shrines and Islamic complexes



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