Characteristics Of Hagia Istanbul In Istanbul
Istanbul is the largest city in the turkey, as well as country economic, cultural and a historic heart. Throughout its history Istanbul has been home to many civilizations the byzantine and ottoman empires being the most famous. As for today the city carries the characteristics of these two different cultures. Hagia Sophia is Istanbul’s most famous building it has a perfect synthesis of ottoman and byzantine architecture under one great dome. It is the biggest church constructed by the eastern Roman Empire in the Istanbul it has been constructed three times in the same locations. The main part of the city, which is forms the south easternmost extremity of Europe and also separated from its suburbs in the Asia by bosphrous which also flows
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the ancient writer paul the silentiary who lived in when the cathedral was completed the building itself represented a victory for both Justinian and Christianity. The building hagia Sophia build his cathedral and Justinian turned to two men named anthemius and isidore the elder. They have built the hagia Sophia in the great speed finished it in less than six years. To put this in the comparison took about nearly a century for medieval builders to construct the notre dame cathedral in the …show more content…
The sunlight emerge from the windows surround its high cupola spread over the interior and irradiating its gold mosaics seemed to dissolve the quality of the wall and also created an character atmosphere and indescribable words. hagia Sophia decorations within at the time of construction were probably a very simple images of crosses for instances over the time has been changed to include a variety of pattern arrange together with small pieces of stone. There are numbers of stones that have been added over centuries, images of the imperial family, different emperors imperial portraits, images of the imperial family etc.
During in the eighth and ninth centuries a.d there was a period of rejection in the byzantine empire that resulted in some of the stone being destroyed. At this period decoration of the time interior of hagia Sophia resumed to each emperor added their own images one of the most well-known mosaics located on the apse at the church showing the 13 foot tall virgin mary with the jesus as the child. Dedicate on the march 29, 867. It located 30 meter almost about 100 feet i think above the church
the ancient writer paul the silentiary who lived in when the cathedral was completed the building itself represented a victory for both Justinian and Christianity. The building hagia Sophia build his cathedral and Justinian turned to two men named anthemius and isidore the elder. They have built the hagia Sophia in the great speed finished it in less than six years. To put this in the comparison took about nearly a century for medieval builders to construct the notre dame cathedral in the …show more content…
The sunlight emerge from the windows surround its high cupola spread over the interior and irradiating its gold mosaics seemed to dissolve the quality of the wall and also created an character atmosphere and indescribable words. hagia Sophia decorations within at the time of construction were probably a very simple images of crosses for instances over the time has been changed to include a variety of pattern arrange together with small pieces of stone. There are numbers of stones that have been added over centuries, images of the imperial family, different emperors imperial portraits, images of the imperial family etc.
During in the eighth and ninth centuries a.d there was a period of rejection in the byzantine empire that resulted in some of the stone being destroyed. At this period decoration of the time interior of hagia Sophia resumed to each emperor added their own images one of the most well-known mosaics located on the apse at the church showing the 13 foot tall virgin mary with the jesus as the child. Dedicate on the march 29, 867. It located 30 meter almost about 100 feet i think above the church