Hagia Sophia Interior Mosque

Minarets were built on the exterior and a minbar and a mihrab in the naos.

Hagia sophia interior mosque. Hagia sophia was converted into a mosque. And the hagia sophia s 104 columns were imported from the temple of. The centuries old structure listed as a unesco world heritage site was originally a cathedral in the byzantine empire before it was turned into a mosque in 1453 when.

The hagia sophia was one of the roman empire s first christian cathedrals after st. In plan the building is almost square. In the interior moreover the christian furnishings were removed and the decorations eventually whitewashed or plastered over.

John lateran in rome and is among the best known byzantine structures in the world. The dome stretching 107 feet across is an architectural marvel. As a former seat of the greek orthodox church hagia sophia s loss still rankles with some greeks and the move to convert it into a mosque again threatens to deepen tensions between greece and turkey.

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. Turkish president recep tayyip erdogan has ordered the hagia sophia museum one of istanbul s most famous landmarks to be converted into a mosque. He made the announcement on friday hours after a.

In their place geometric designs and intricate wooden carvings were set up. A view of the byzantine era hagia sophia an unesco world heritage site and one of istanbul s main tourist attractions in the historic sultanahmet district of istanbul friday july 10 2020. Holy wisdom officially the hagia sophia grand mosque turkish.

Hagia sophia ˈ h ɑː ɡ i ə s oʊ ˈ f iː ə. The hagia sophia combines a longitudinal basilica and a centralized building in a wholly original manner with a huge 32 metre 105 foot main dome supported on pendentives and two semidomes one on either side of the longitudinal axis. The debate between whether the site is considered a mosque or a museum has been quietly brewing for some time.