A brand new customer administration coverage, the place a separation follow will happen between these coming for worship and foreigners visiting the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque for cultural functions, is ready to take impact from Jan. 15.
According to a latest assertion from the Culture and Tourism Ministry, as a part of the restoration and preservation efforts initiated by Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy in Hagia Sophia, a brand new association might be applied for guests to the mosque.
Accordingly, a ticket gross sales sales space for these visiting the gallery flooring might be established, and the sales space, which might be in service from Jan. 15, might be located throughout from the Fountain of Ahmed III.
Along the route of the tour, historic measures have been taken within the protected Hagia Sophia Mosque, together with the position of safety cameras and hearth detection and emergency announcement methods, the ministry’s assertion stated.
Cleaning and preservation work have been carried out on the marble coverings and picket railings on the gallery flooring of the mosque by restorers and conservators below the approval and consultancy of the Science Board.
With the customer administration plan Minister Ersoy introduced earlier for the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, lengthy queues within the historic mosque are anticipated to be prevented.
At the landmark mosque, entrances might be managed by the tunnel and entrance ramp below the Bayezid II Minaret on the south facade, and guests might be transported to the gallery flooring and exited by way of the ramp within the northeast path.
Tourists arriving within the gallery part will have the ability to see the sanctuary flooring of the mosque and the Ottoman-era annexes, move by the door of Heaven and Hell (Marble Door), and look at the Byzantine-era mosaics on this part.
With the brand new implementation beginning on Jan. 15, utilizing the QR code system applied on the mosque, guests can get hold of info in 23 languages with out disturbing these praying through the use of their cellphones with headphones or disposable headphones supplied.
Moreover, per the ministry’s assertion, it was introduced that the doorway charge for foreigners visiting the historic mosque for vacationer functions could be 25 euros ($27.40).
Source: www.dailysabah.com