Ayasofya

Please see also: Category:Hagia Sophia.

This place is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed as Historic Areas of Istanbul.

Hagia Sophia
	Native name	Αγία Σοφία
	Parent institution	Historic Areas of Istanbul
	Location	Istanbul
	Coordinates	41° 00′ 30″ N, 28° 58′ 48″ E
	Established	537
	Authority file	: Q12506 VIAF: 127136890 ISNI: 0000000121532741 LCCN: n79058868 GND: 4096339-1 SUDOC: 027416232 WorldCat

institution QS:P195,Q12506

• English: The Church of the Holy Wisdom, commonly known as Hagia Sophia in English, is the former Greek Orthodox patriarchal cathedral, converted in 1453 to a mosque, now a museum, in Istanbul. It is universally acknowledged as one of the great buildings of the world.
• Türkçe: Ayasofya, Bizans İmparatoru I. Jüstinyen tarafından MS 532-537 yılları arasında İstanbul'un eski şehir merkezine katedral olarak inşa ettirilen ve günümüzde cami olarak hizmet veren tarihi mabet. 1500 yıllık tarihi olan Ayasofya, sanat tarihi ve mimarlık dünyasının başyapıtları arasında yer alır. Osmanlı döneminde camiye çevrilmiş, barındırdığı sanatsal ve kültürel miras sebebiyle 1935'te müze olarak hizmete açılmış, 1936'da tapuya resmen "Ayasofyayı Kebir Camii Şerifi" adıyla kaydedilmiş, 1991'de bir bölümü ibadete açılmış ve 2020'deki Danıştay kararıyla tekrar bütünüyle cami olarak "Ayasofya-i Kebîr Câmi-i Şerîfi" adıyla kullanıma sunulmuştur.
• Deutsch: Die Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. Nach ihrer Fertigstellung wurde sie Ende 537 geweiht und vom Ökumenischen Partriarchat bis zum Fall Konstantinopels als Kathedrale genutzt, dann bis 1932 als Moschee. 1935 wurde das Gebäude säkularisiert und ist jetzt Museum.
• Ελληνικά: Η Αγία Σοφία είναι ο πρώην Ελληνορθόδοξος πατριαρχικός ναός, το 1453 μετατράπηκε σε τζαμί από το Μωάμεθ Β' μέχρι το 1932. Από το 1935 έως σήμερα λειτουργεί ως μουσείο στην Κωνσταντινούπολη. Έχει παγκοσμίως αναγνωριστεί ως ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα κτίρια του κόσμου.
• Français : L'Église de la Sainte Sagesse, aussi surnommée Sainte-Sophie en français, est un ancien église grec, qui est devenu mosquée. Aujourd'hui c'est un musée à Istanbul
• Polski: Kościół Świętej Mądrości Bożej, znane jako Hagia Sofia, bizantyjski kościół zbudowany przez Antemiosa z Tralles, przemieniony na meczet w 1453. Obecnie muzeum w Istambule.

Object location	41° 00′ 30.5″ N, 28° 58′ 47.7″ E	View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap	41.008472; 28.979917

Outside views

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  South-western exposure of the Hagia Sophia (Aya Sofya)
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  Close-up of the south-western exposure
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  Western exposure
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  View of the Hagia Sophia & the south-west gardens
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  south-western exposure
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  View from the south-west
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  view from the south-west
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  view from the south-west with the red minaret to the right
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  western exposure with one of Sinan's minarets
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  Parks on the south-western side
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  Hagia Sophia at night
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  Hagia Sophia in snow
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  Hagia Sophia from eastern side
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  View from the upper gallery; in the back : the Blue Mosque
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  Timekeeper's room
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  vista da Sultan Ahmet Meydani

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  ingresso

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  ingresso

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  minareto

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  vista da Sultan Ahmet Meydani

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  vista da Sultan Ahmet Meydani

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Models

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Drawings

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Şadirvan (fountain for ritual ablutions)

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Remains of the older churches

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  Remains of the basilica built by Theodosius II
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  The lambs symbolize the twelve apostles
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  Sarcophagus

Narthex

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  Imperial gate
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Inside views

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  Uthman ibn Affan
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  Inside
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  Ali ibn Abu Talib
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  Dome
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  Inside
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  Hagia Sophia (inside)
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  View of the cupola
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  The cupola
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  Hellenistic earthenware urn form Pergamon
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  Close-up
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  urna in alabastro

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  Apse and half dome with the Virgin
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  Abside con il mosaico della Vergine Maria

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  Mosaic of the Virgin in the half dome of the apse
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    Mosaic of the Virgin in the apse
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  Mihrab
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  Mihrab
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  Mihrab
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  Mihrab

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  Stained-glass window
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  Sultan's gallery
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  Sultan's loge
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  Loggia del Sultano

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  detail of Sultan's loge
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  Sultan's loge
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  Mimbar
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  One of the 107 columns
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  Column
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  Columns
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  Columns (southern section)
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  capitello

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  the "sweating column"
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  Archangel
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  Archangel with face, 2010
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  Archangel Gabriel
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  Decorations on the vault
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  Decorations on the vault
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  Decorations on the vault
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  Tile panels (1643)
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  Decorative marble embellishemnts on the interior side of the Imperial Gate
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  Marble panels above the Imperial Gate
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  Tomb of Venetian doge Henricus Dandolo
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  Interior Reconstruction
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  Upper gallery
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  Upper gallery
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  Wide angle view, taken from upper gallery
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  interno

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  interno

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  interno-Uthman ibn Affan

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  vista dal matroneo

Upper gallery

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  Western upper gallery
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  Loge of the empress at the western upper gallery
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  Capital of a column
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  Inside view seen from the loggia of the empress
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  view of the inside
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  Dome
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  View on the southern upper gallery
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  View of the center of the upper gallery
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  Marble doors between western and southern galleries

Deesis mosaic

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    Deesis mosaic
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  Deesis mosaic
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  Jesus
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  Jesus
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  Jesus
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  Virgin Mary
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  Virgin Mary
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  John the Baptist
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  John the Baptist

Commenos mosaic

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  Commenos mosaic
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    John II Comnenus
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  Empress Irene
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  Mosaico di Comneno

Empress Zoë mosaic

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  Empress Zoë mosaic
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  Christ Pantocrator
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  Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos
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    Empress Zoë
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  Mosaico dell'Imperatrice Zoe

Western entrance mosaics

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  Constantine presenting a model of the city
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  Christ
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Imperial gate mosaics

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  Emperor Leon VI
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Northern tympanon mosaic

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  St. Chrysostomos
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  St. Chrysostomos