Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia (Greek: Αγιά Σοφιά full name: Ναός τῆς Ἁγίας τοῦ Θεοῦ Σοφίας, Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia), Byzantine Emperor I. By Justinian AC 532 - 537 years between the historical peninsula of Istanbul, the old city center have been built a basilica plan with cathedral patriarchs, and in 1453 in Istanbul by the Turks were conquered by Fatih Sultan Mehmet the mosque was converted into a museum and today serves as is. Hagia Sophia, from architecture, basilica plan with a central plan combining, domed basilica type structure is a dome switch and carrier on the system architecture features an important milestone will be treated as.
Building in the name of "Sofia" word, not the name of any person, in the old Greek "wisdom" in the meaning the word comes from Sophos. Therefore, "Hagia Sophia" is called "holy wisdom" or "divine wisdom" is to mean, in Orthodoxy religion of God is considered to be one of the three properties. from the 6th century, famed architect Miletos'lu (Milet) and Tralles İsidoros 'li (Aydın) Anthemios' to manage the approximately 10,000 workers of Hagia Sophia inşaatinde works, and had spent a fortune Jüstinyen'in is great for this job. This is a very old building a feature that is used in the construction of some columns, doors and stone buildings than the old structure and have been brought from the temple is. In the Byzantine period Konstantinopolis Patriarch patriarch of the church and the Eastern Orthodox Church has been central St.Sophia, natural as ere a "sacred trust" collection to contain.
1453'te church has been converted into a mosque after the Ottoman Sultans Fatih Sultan Mehmet's show with the great tolerance of the human mosaic that contain figures are not destroyed (if not included, as are left), only a thin coated with plaster and stucco centuries gold mosaics on the left so that natural and artificial destruction could get rid of . A part of the mosque into a museum of plaster are turned off and the mosaics were removed in the light of day again. In short, all the world today, people will see this mozayikleri is indebted to two people: One, art lovers and showing respect for other religions of the Ottoman Sultans Fatih Sultan Mehmet, and the other converted into a mosque and a museum of mosaics in the light of day again decided to remove the Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is. Today, in fact the same building where the Hagia Sophia was built the third time the church is also known as third St.Sophia. The first two churches were destroyed during the rebellion. Period with the largest dome of the central dome of St. Sophia, the Byzantine period, collapsed several times, Mimar Sinan's buildings include the Retaining wall has not collapsed since the no.
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