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Photography | Hagia Sophia


​Hagia Sophia, also called Church of the Holy Wisdom or Church of the Divine Wisdom ,  
church built at Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) in the 6th century (532–537) under the direction of the
Byzantine emperor Justinian I. 

By general consensus, it is the most important Byzantine structure and one of the world’s great monuments.

The Hagia Sophia was built in the remarkably short time of about six years, being completed in 537 ce.

 Unusual for the period in which it was built, the names of the building’s architects - Anthemius of Tralles and 
Isidorus of Miletus - 
are well known, as is their familiarity with mechanics and mathematics. 

The original church on the site of the Hagia Sophia is said to have been built byConstantine I in 325
on the foundations of a pagan temple. 

For more than a millennium it was the Cathedral of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. 

 After the Turkish conquest of Constantinople in 1453, Mehmed II had it repurposed as a mosque, with the addition of minarets
(on the exterior, towers used for the summons to prayer), a great chandelier, a mihrab 
(niche indicating the direction of Mecca),
​a minbar (pulpit), and disks bearing Islamic calligraphy.

Kemal Ataturk secularized the building in 1934, and in 1935 it was made into a museum. 


Hagia Sophia from the Asian side

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Church or a Mosque?

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The pace of Istanbul

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The square plan

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Few amazing domes

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Painting over the Crosses

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Left Behind

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The Altar in Hagia Sophia

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Looking straight Up

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All crosses gone

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The main Alter in wide view

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Under construction ... again

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New ornaments 

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Cross without a heart

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Light and New

Decay and neglect hanging over

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Hagia Sofia as Church
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Myriad of aspirations

Fainting Light

Hagia Sofia as International Treasure
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Hagia Sofia Church
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Standing alone

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The Threat

Color in the back of the bus

Hagia Sofia and the threat
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Hagia Sofia at eye level

Hagia Sofia, Instanbul
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Rainbow

Basillica Cistern

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Women praying area in Suleiman Ahmed Mosque

Galata Tower at night

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