The Deesis Mosaic, depicting Christ Pantrocrator flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, dating from the Restoration of Constantinople in 1261 at the end of Crusader occupation, Aya Sofya (Hagia Sophia), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

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