Domes of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey

View from below of the ceiling domes showing Islamic script, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey. Here we see the main dome on the right and supporting half-domes with pendentives supporting their weight. Hagia Sophia, The Church of the Holy Wisdom, has been a Byzantine church, an Ottoman mosque and is now a museum. The current building, the third on the site, was commissioned by Emperor Justinian I and is a very fine example of Byzantine architecture. It was built 532-37 by Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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