Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya Museum), Istanbul
Architect/Designer | Anthemius of Tralles |
| Isidore of Miletus |
Artist/Photographer | Smith, Edwin (1912-1971) |
Country | Turkey |
City | Istanbul |
Subject Date | 563 |
Image Date | 1969 |
View | Interior |
Style | Byzantine |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | ESP/TUR/14 (ES3825.5) |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Edwin Smith / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Colonnades ; Conversion of buildings ; Mosques ; Museums ; Churches ; Arcades |
NOTES: The Church of the Holy Wisdom, known as Hagia Sophia in Greek, Sancta Sophia in Latin, and Ayasofya or Aya Sofya in Turkish, was a Byzantine church until 1453 when Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror made it his imperial mosque. In 1934 the mosque was secularized and turned into the Ayasofya Museum.
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