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Miraculous Spring At The Greek Church Of Balukli -  - 1853
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Miraculous Spring At The Greek Church Of Balukli

Date1853
TechniqueWoodblock Engraving (Newspaper-Text on Reverse)
CategoryOttoman Empire And Turkey
SourceThe İllustrated London News (September 24 1853-Page 264)

Description

Balikli Greek Church, located in Zeytinburnu in Istanbul, was built by the Byzantine Emperor Leo I. in the second half of the 5th century. The church is also known as Panagia Pege, Panagia Topkapi or Virgin Mary. It was believed that the patients who drank from the healing water flowing from the fountain inside the Balikli Greek Church or who bathed in this water were cured.