Floor Mosaic Of Hagia Sophia

The cupola of the current dome hovers 180 feet 55 m above the mosaic floor.

Floor mosaic of hagia sophia. History of hagia sophia. Though covered and uncovered more than once throughout the history mosaics outstand on the walls of this masterpiece. The hagia sophia had been built as a church. Questions are being asked about the fate of numerous christian mosaics inside the hagia sophia after the turkish government s decision to re convert the hagia sophia museum into a mosque greek reporter said on saturday.

Holy wisdom officially the hagia sophia grand mosque turkish. If istanbul s hagia sophia gets turned into a mosque as many expect it will its precious byzantine mosaic icons are likely to be covered up during muslim prayers. The mosaic of the apse. His son constantius ii consecrated it in 360.

Length 269 feet 81 m width 240 feet 73 m. It stayed as a church from 537 to 1453 for nearly 900 years as the constantinople was captured by ottoman turks in 1453 it was converted into a mosque. Hagia sophia ˈ h ɑː ɡ i ə s oʊ ˈ f iː ə. Riba london and university of london.

Today s hagia sophia has been serving as a museum for 85 years thanks to this fact it is possible to see traces of both christianity and islam at the same time. Epa the bowl of the dome is believed to have once been adorned by a huge cross and later a mosaic of christ pantocrator. Ayasofya i kebir cami i şerifi and formerly the church of hagia sophia is a late antique place of worship in istanbul built in 537 as the patriarchal cathedral of the imperial. The original church on the site of the hagia sophia is said to have been ordered to be built by constantine i in 325 on the foundations of a pagan temple.

On the contrary to the general view there were almost no figurative images in justinian hagia sophia geometric embellishments flower fruit ornamentations. The structure and first dome which partially collapsed in 557 ce were first completed in 537 ce. The fascinating mosaics of hagia sophia tell us many mysterious things about the history of this 1 500 year old edifice. The dimensions of the extant structure show hagia sophia s near square shape.

The sultan mehmed ii of ottoman empire adored the building and made the necessary renovations. Hagia sophia interior mosaics and the byzantine art. Hagia sophia floor plan floor plan of the hagia sophia istanbul. Hagia sophia mosaics were commissioned by different byzantine emperors during the 9 th and 13 th centuries ottomans additions date back to 15 th and 19 th centuries.

Following turkey s decision to annul the 1934 conversion of constantinople s hagia sophia into a museum paving the way for its reconversion into a mosque questions. The mosaics were plastered.