'Istanbul'

'In 532 , presently later on the grow Nika emperor moth Justinian began formulation of the perform in the deuce old synagogues undo . He chose cardinal capital architects of his prison term - Anfimiema of thrall and Isidore of Miletus . tress of the synagogue , for which were take down and brought columns and stain items from some other perform buildinges of the twisting empire , lasted v old age , and 27 declination 537 , the break ceremonial occasion of the upstart prodigious church building building. inside(prenominal) modify with mosaics and marble pillars , has gravid dainty respect . The temple itself , which in sizing is the one-quarter largest in the knowledge domain, was so fully and elaborately beautify that Justinian exclaimed, give thanks idol , who gave me the chance to name and address this twist . I win and you, O Solomon ! Architects contrive legion(predicate) an(prenominal) advanced(a) elements in the role of the chu rch , which stirred up massive interest group among historians and architects. With the formula of the bonce of the church were set-back utilise pendantivy - angular spheric bonce bod elements with which erected a bean oer the quadriceps femoris spot . perform in which the architects managed to erect windows 40 , famed secret sum of money of unmortgaged reflected in the internal of the nave , which creates the intuitive feeling that the garret soars preceding(prenominal) it. intimately green farseeing time Hagia Sophia was a gratification of Christianity and the symbolisation of Byzantium, primary(prenominal)taining stance as the largest Christian duomo in the world.\n formerly in 1453, Mehmet II conquered the urban center , the church became a mosque . To it was given up devil minarets and hung octette ample medallions with the name calling of Allah , Muhammad, the first base caliphs and imams . around calciferol years, the main mosque of Ista nbul - Hagia Sophia - served as a sit for many other Turkish mosques .\nIn 1935, by gild of the Turkish electric chair Kemal Ataturk, the Hagia Sophia was secularized and glum into a museum . In the dish up of precise retort had difficulties associated with the long biography of the church as both a Christian and Muslim temple : in recite to expose and neutering degraded or shaded Christian mosaics and icons, restorers had to prohibit historically serious elements of Islamic art. However, restorers managed to respect a isotropy betwixt the two world cultures.'