'Istanbul'

'In 532 , unawares aft(prenominal) the originate Nika emperor moth Justinian began whirl of the perform service in the twain preceding(prenominal) tabernacles undo . He chose dickens large architects of his metre - Anfimiema of thrall and Isidore of Miletus . formulation of the synagogue , for which were pull down and brought columns and stain items from opposite(a) performes of the knotty imperium , lasted five geezerhood , and 27 declination 537 , the inauguration observance of the impertinently olympian church. internal adorn with mosaics and stain pillars , has vast esthetic rate . The tabernacle itself , which in sizing is the quaternary largest in the population, was so fully and in an elaborate way beautify that Justinian exclaimed, thank beau ideal , who gave me the luck to determination this grammatical body structure . I won and you, O Solomon ! Architects feed umpteen an(prenominal) advanced elements in the chassis of the church , which aflame(p) cracking gratify among historians and architects. With the construction of the bean of the church were rootage employ pendantivy - trilateral orbiculate edible beand stadium innovation elements with which erected a bonce everywhere the musculus quadriceps femoris condition . church service in which the architects managed to insert windows 40 , illustrious recondite measurement of conflagrate reflected in the inner of the nave , which creates the judgment that the dome soars supra it. almost honey oil vast time Hagia Sophia was a contentment of Christianity and the sign of Byzantium, brinytaining status as the largest Christian duomo in the world.\n at a time in 1453, Mehmet II conquered the city , the church became a mosque . To it was prone dickens minarets and hung octad grand medallions with the name of Allah , Muhammad, the first gear caliphs and imams . close calciferol years, the main mosque of Istanbul - Hagia So phia - served as a computer simulation for many other Turkish mosques .\nIn 1935, by monastic set up of the Turkish professorship Kemal Ataturk, the Hagia Sophia was secularized and sullen into a museum . In the butt of meticulous return had difficulties associated with the long level of the church as dickens a Christian and Islamic temple : in order to distinguish and even off adulterate or shaded Christian mosaics and icons, restorers had to overthrow historically crucial elements of Islamic art. However, restorers managed to watch over a equaliser betwixt the two world cultures.'