The hagia sophia is the most important surviving work of byzantine architecture in byzantium. After a fire in 404 it was replaced by the second church which burned again in 532. Hagia sophia is the former greek orthodox christian patriarchal cathedral, later an ottoman. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Restitution, visualization and virtual life simulation pdf. To that end, it was emperor constantine who truly elevated the architectural ambit of the original settlement, by refounding it as nova roma new rome or. This symbolic overture mirrored the entire shifting of the capital from original rome. Today it is neither a church nor a mosque, but a museum.
Minor marginal handsoiling and spotting, small marginal holes to a few leaves, minor edge wear, light browning to a few leaves. Its architects were isidore of miletus and anthemius of tralles. Sophie vient du grec sophia qui signifie sagesse, habile, savant. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Comnene, crusade, religious architecture, mural painting. It was first built in the fourth century and inaugurated in 360. Hagia sophia a ete voulue par lempereur constantin en 330, apres sa conversion au christianisme. Hagia sophiawas built as a constantinian church by the emperor justinian i, between a. Introduction historically, constantinople was the largest and wealthiest city in europe from the 5th to early th century ad. Apostolorum et evangelistarum icones cum suis parergis. This page was last edited on 29 august 2019, at 06. Sophie summary print shows a section of a panorama of istanbul made from a minaret of ayasofya mosque, formerly the church of hagia sophia, including st.
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