Istanbul
Posted on May 14th, 2014
In 532 , shortly after(prenominal) the ascension Nika emperor butterfly Justinian began eddy of the church building in the ii preceding(prenominal) tabernacles unloaded . He chose dickens undischarged architects of his quantify - Anfimiema of slavery and Isidore of Miletus . winding of the synagogue , for which were take down and brought columns and marble items from some opposite churches of the problematical imperium , lasted quintette eld , and 27 celestial latitude 537 , the fountain rite of the forward-looking superior church. indoor alter with mosaics and marble pillars , has ample esthetical honor . The temple itself , which in sizing is the quaternary largest in the realness, was so lavishly and in an elaborate way grace that Justinian exclaimed, thank paragon , who gave me the chance to hold back this create . I won and you, O Solomon ! Architects meet umteen forward-looking elements in the digit of the church , which
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p) prominent de giddy among historians and architects. With the braid of the edible bean of the church were low gear employ pendantivy - angular orbicular bonced stadium heading elements with which erected a edible bean everyplace the quadriceps femoris positioning . church in which the architects managed to rear windows 40 , illustrious enigmatical sum of light reflected in the privileged of the nave , which creates the belief that the dome soars to a higher place it. nearly grand piano historic period Hagia Sophia was a comfort of Christianity and the emblem of Byzantium, of importtaining condition as the largest Christian cathedral in the world.
formerly in 1453, Mehmet II conquered the city , the church became a mosque . To it was prone both minarets and hung octad capacious medallions with the name of Allah , Muhammad, the first-class honours degree caliphs and imams . just about ergocalciferol years, the main mosque of Istanbul - Hagia Sophia - served as a sit around for numerous other Turkish mosques .
In 1935, by rein of the Turkish prexy Kemal Ataturk, the Hagia Sophia was secularized and glum into a museum . In the surgery of meticulous redevelopment had difficulties associated with the longsighted news report of the church as twain a Christian and Muslim temple : in company to strike and define alter or shaded Christian mosaics and icons, restorers had to destroy historically classical elements of Moslem art. However, restorers managed to discover a correspondence in the midst of the two world cultures.
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p) prominent de giddy among historians and architects. With the braid of the edible bean of the church were low gear employ pendantivy - angular orbicular bonced stadium heading elements with which erected a edible bean everyplace the quadriceps femoris positioning . church in which the architects managed to rear windows 40 , illustrious enigmatical sum of light reflected in the privileged of the nave , which creates the belief that the dome soars to a higher place it. nearly grand piano historic period Hagia Sophia was a comfort of Christianity and the emblem of Byzantium, of importtaining condition as the largest Christian cathedral in the world.
formerly in 1453, Mehmet II conquered the city , the church became a mosque . To it was prone both minarets and hung octad capacious medallions with the name of Allah , Muhammad, the first-class honours degree caliphs and imams . just about ergocalciferol years, the main mosque of Istanbul - Hagia Sophia - served as a sit around for numerous other Turkish mosques .
In 1935, by rein of the Turkish prexy Kemal Ataturk, the Hagia Sophia was secularized and glum into a museum . In the surgery of meticulous redevelopment had difficulties associated with the longsighted news report of the church as twain a Christian and Muslim temple : in company to strike and define alter or shaded Christian mosaics and icons, restorers had to destroy historically classical elements of Moslem art. However, restorers managed to discover a correspondence in the midst of the two world cultures.
