Thursday, March 24, 2005

Hagia Sophia

Also called  Church Of The Holy Wisdom,  Turkish  Ayasofya,   cathedral built at Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. It is a unique building and one of the world's great monuments, despite time's ravages. The structure, a domed basilica, was built in the amazingly short time of about six years, being completed in AD 537. The architects were Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus.

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