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AGIA SOPHIA

AGIA SOPHIA. KIRIAKI FRAGKIA B CLASS ADVANCED.

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AGIA SOPHIA

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  1. AGIA SOPHIA • KIRIAKI FRAGKIA • B CLASS ADVANCED

  2. Hagia Sophia (from the Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, "Holy Wisdom"; Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia; Turkish: Ayasofya) is a former Greek Orthodoxpatriarchalbasilica (church), later an imperial mosque, and now a museum (Ayasofya Müzesi) in Istanbul, Turkey. From the date of its construction in 537 until 1453, it served as an Eastern Orthodoxcathedral and seat of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, except between 1204 and 1261, when it was converted to a Roman Catholic cathedral under the Latin Empire. The building was a mosque from 29 May 1453 until 1931. It was then secularized and opened as a museum on 1 February 1935. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JBrMHrVce0

  3. Hagia Sophia during its time as a mosque. Illustration by Gaspare Fossati and Louis Haghe from 1852. Interior view of the Hagia Sophia, showing Islamic elements on the top of the main dome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfpusWEd2jE

  4. The mihrab located in the apse where the altar used to stand, pointing towards Mecca

  5. Stone remains of the basilica ordered by Theodosius II, showing the Lamb of God

  6. Marble blocks from the second church

  7. 19th-century marker of the tomb of Enrico Dandolo, the Doge of Venice who commanded the Sack of Constantinople in 1204, inside the Hagia Sophia

  8. Fountain (Şadırvan) for ritual ablutions

  9. Medallions and pendant chandeliers

  10. Circa 1900 photograph, from its time as a mosque.

  11. Interior panorama of the Hagia Sophia

  12. One of the mighty stone columns with metal clasps Lustration urn from Pergamon

  13. The Loge of the Empress

  14. Imperial Gate Marble Door

  15. Ceiling decoration showing original Christian cross still visible through the later aniconic decoration

  16. Mosaics with geometric pattern decorate the upper imperial gallery

  17. imperial gate mosaics

  18. pse mosaic of the Theotokos (Virgin Mother and Child)

  19. Comnenus mosaic

  20. Kiriaki Fragkia Hagia Sophia B3

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