Type:church Work Type
Date: from 4th century Earliest
Date: 0300 Latest Date: 1453
Type:mosque Work Type
Date: under Ottomans, from 1453 Earliest
Date: 1453 Latest Date: 1934
Type:museum Work Type
Date: since 1934 Earliest
Date: 1934 Latest Date: 9999
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Classification
Terms:
architecture
Byzantine art
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Titles or Names
Text: Hagia Sophia Preference:
preferred
Text: Church of the Holy Wisdom Preference:
alternate Language:
English Type:
translated
Text: Sancta Sophia Preference:
alternate Language:
Latin
Text: Megale Ecclesia Preference:
alternate
Text: Ayasofya Museum Preference:
alternate Date: since
1932 Earliest Date:
1932 Latest Date: 9999
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Creation
Creator Description: Isidoros of Miletus
(Asia Minor, active mid-6th century) and Anthemius
of Tralles (Asia Minor, ca. 474-ca. 534), for Justinian
I (Byzantine emperor, 483-565); restorations by Tradat
(Armenian, active 10th century) in 10th century
Creation Date:
original structure dated from 4th century CE; present
structure built 532-537 CE; partially rebuilt in the
10th century and later
Earliest:
0532 Latest:
1199
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Indexing Term: Byzantine
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Measurements
Dimensions Description: central dome
with half-domes: 32.6 (width) x 68.6 m (length) (107
x 225 feet); central dome: diameter 31 meters (102
feet); height 56 meters (184 feet)
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Dimensions Extent: dome with half-domes Value: 32.6 Unit: m Type:
width Value: 68.6 Unit: m Type:
length
Dimensions Extent: central dome Value: 56 Unit: m Type:
height
Value: 31 Unit: m Type:
diameter
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Materials and Techniques
Description: system bearing masonry,
centralized plan; interior surfaces are sheathed with
polychrome marble, porphyry, and mosaics
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Material Name:
masonry
marble
porphyry
mosaics Technique Names:
load-bearing
walls
centralized
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Text: Nothing remains of the earlier
two basilicas on this site: a 4th-century church and
a 5th-century one built by Constantius, the son of
Constantine the Great, which burned during the Nika
riots of 532. The current church was rebuilt under
the personal supervision of emperor Justinian I; it
was rededicated on 27 December 537. Isidore of Miletus
and Anthemius of Tralles, who were scientists and
mechanical engineers but not architects per se, were
chosen by Justinian; Anthemius died soon after construction
was begun. The basilica was highly influential to
later Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Islamic
structures. The current structure has been severely
damaged by earthquakes. The dome collapsed after an
earthquake in 558; another collapsed in 563. There
were additional partial collapses in 989, after which
Trdat, an Armenian architect, repaired the damage.
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Citation: Fletcher, History of Architecture
(1987) Page: 286 ff.
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Current Location
Repository Name/Geographic Location:
Istanbul (Marema region, Turkey)
