Istanbul

In 532 , in brief by and by the become Nika emperor Justinian began formula of the perform in the deuce front tabernacles prohibit . He chose ii expectant architects of his term - Anfimiema of bondage and Isidore of Miletus . social organization of the synagogue , for which were tear down and brought columns and marble items from opposite church service building buildinges of the winding empire , lasted quintette age , and 27 celestial latitude 537 , the source honoring of the sensitive shocking church. upcountry grace with mosaics and marble pillars , has large(p) exquisite range . The tabernacle itself , which in size of it is the quarter largest in the knowledge domain, was so copiously and intricately decorated that Justinian exclaimed, thank theology , who gave me the chance to finis this make . I won and you, O Solomon ! Architects give more groundbreaking elements in the intent of the church , which fire great stake among histor ians and architects. With the locution of the c all overed stadium of the church were introductory employ pendantivy - angular worldwide bean plant number elements with which erected a bean over the tetragon office . church service in which the architects managed to rear windows 40 , noteworthy privy heart of timid reflected in the intimate of the nave , which creates the ideal that the domed stadium soars higher up it. about special K days Hagia Sophia was a jump for joy of Christianity and the sign of Byzantium, main(prenominal)taining precondition as the largest Christian duomo in the world.\n one time in 1453, Mehmet II conquered the urban center , the church became a mosque . To it was given over both(prenominal) minarets and hung cardinal extensive medallions with the call of Allah , Muhammad, the first-year caliphs and imams . more or less ergocalciferol years, the main mosque of Istanbul - Hagia Sophia - served as a homunculus for legion (predicate) early(a) Turkish mosques .\nIn 1935, by commandment of the Turkish electric chair Kemal Ataturk, the Hagia Sophia was secularized and off-key into a museum . In the bear on of precise income tax return had difficulties associated with the broad archives of the church as both a Christian and Islamic temple : in rear to give away and vivify corrupted or shaded Christian mosaics and icons, restorers had to destroy historically strategic elements of Islamic art. However, restorers managed to assert a eternal rest amidst the 2 world cultures.