Domed Sanctuary and Four Minarets The great church of Constantinople, built for Justinian in only five years and dedicated in 537, its shallow central dome carried on pendentives over a vast open interior that stunned its own age and every one since. Cathedral for nine centuries, mosque for nearly five, museum and then mosque again, it is the supreme monument of Byzantine architecture.
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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Source Hagia Sophia (Wikipedia)
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Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Its columns and lower walls are faced in colored marble and marble revetment quarried across the empire.
The building in which the pendentive was perfected.
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Turkey, located there.
Sources
1. Hagia Sophia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationEntity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
The great church of Constantinople, built for Justinian in only five years and dedicated in 537, its shallow central dome carried on pendentives over a vast open interior that stunned its own age and every one since. Cathedral for nine centuries, mosque for nearly five, museum and then mosque again, it is the supreme monument of Byzantine architecture.
In Style: Byzantine Architecture, Introduction
It is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture and is said to have "changed the history of architecture".
View the Source 2. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.britannica.com/topic/Hagia-Sophia, lead definition
Hagia Sophia, an important Byzantine structure in Istanbul and one of the world's great monuments. It was built as an Eastern Orthodox church between 532 and 537 ce under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. In subsequent centuries it became a Roman Catholic cathedral, an Eastern Orthodox church again, a mosque, a museum, and a mosque again. The building reflects the religious changes that have played out in the region over the centuries, with the minarets and inscriptions of Islam as well as the lavish mosaics of Christianity.
- Uses Element: Dome
- Uses Element: Pendentive
View the Source 3. Hagia Sophia (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata height (P2048) statement: 55.0Quote, Wikidata height (P2048) statement: 55.0
Wikidata item Q12506, property P2048 (height): 55.0 m (converted to metres, preferred/normal rank, non-deprecated)
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