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The original church on the site of Hagia Sophia is said to have been ordered by Constantine I in 325 to be built on the foundations of a pagan system. Son of II. Constantius blessed this place in 360. Constantinople at that time in 404, St. The second exile of John Chrysostom saw the incident in a fire in a rebellion. It was rebuilt and used by the Roman emperor Constans I. The building taken in 415 II. It was rededicated by Theodosius. The church was re-burned in the Nika revolt of January 532, which gave Justinian I an extraordinary case of envisioning a dwelling.

The resulting Hagia Sophia was built in as little as a year and was completed in 537 AD. Those for the built-day period and the names of Anthemros of Miletus are as well known as those with knowledge of mechanics and mathematics. Then two'restoration 562) and then two'restoration were built, if more appropriate, less one built was all defended. in life. 14. has been restored again. More than a thousand confirmations were the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. It was plundered by the Venetians and Crusaders in the Fourth Crusade in 1204.

After the Turks conquered Istanbul in 1453, II. Mehmed had it rebuilt as a mosque with the addition of a wooden minaret (a tower used for prayer outside), a large chandelier, and a mihrab (niche showing the wall). Mecca direction) and a pulpit (minbar). The southeast child of the building is the red minaret or its son II. Bayezid planted it. The original wooden minaret has not survived. II. Bayezid built the narrow white minaret in the northeastern part of the mosque. The same two minarets of the western enemy, II. Selim or III. It was built by Murad and was built by the famous Ottoman architect Sinan in the 1500s.

It will be experienced in 1934 by the President of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1935. In 1985, the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Istanbul, which includes other important historical buildings of the city, and those who somehow lived their places.

Where is Hagia Sophia

It is located on the European side of Istanbul, in the Sultanahmet district, near the Topkapi palace.

It is within walking distance of the hotels in Sultanahmet.

It is 50 km from Istanbul International Airport and 46 km from Sabiha Gökçen Airport.

Mosaics

One of the precious mosaics found in Hagia Sophia is the Deesis Mosaic:

The synod hall has a magnificent mosaic panel. This piece is considered to be one of the most important works of mosaic art and was named Deesis, meaning prayer and supplication. There are 3 people on the mosaic. In the middle is Jesus Christ. To the right of Jesus Christ is his mother, the Virgin Mary. To the left of Jesus Christ is John the Baptist.

Another is the Mosaic of Constantine and Justinian at the exit:

There is a final mosaic at the exit of the museum. In this mosaic, made in the 10th century, it is shown that Constantine, the founder of Istanbul, and Justinian, who had Hagia Sophia built, dedicated their works to Jesus Christ in the form of a model.

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