Hagia Sophia - for Virginiese by KarmaSong
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Description
Hagia Sophia,( Eng. 'Holy Wisdom'), or Ayasophia (in Turkish), Sainte-Sophie (in French) was built in only 5 years as Byzantine Emperor Justinian was ruling over the Eastern Roman Empire. Emperor Justinian had made it plain to the architect of the church that he wanted everyone walking into the building to feel humble and small, in comparison with the massive, impressive and colossal proportions of the nave. It was inaugurated on 27 December 537 A.D., as a Greek Orthodox patriarchal basilica , then was converted to a Roman Catholic cathedral under the Latin Empire, and later was turned into an imperial mosque from 1453 until 1931.It is now a museum -Ayasofya Müzesi- in Istanbul, Turkey.
On my first visit to Istanbul, Ayasophia left a definitely lasting impression on me, as it encompasses the presence of two religions in the same building, still visible today in the Orthodox paintings and Islamic verses of the Quran inside that fantastic spiritual witness to the past.... Thank you very much for your comments on my last post and have a nice week. Please, click on the photo to get a full-size view of it.
This photo was also selected and features in Last Week in the Gallery #34.
Hope you'll like this dedi and post, Virginie, by way of answering your recent question on my latest holiday destination!
Comments (36)
Sublime
Welcome back my friend. Amazing capture. God bless.
wonderful picture - I would love to visit this place.
Nice to meet you again! this is a very interesting photo, thank you for sharing it with and for the explanation! ale ^_^
Les proportions et l'architecture de cette basilique sont superbes, de même que les décors de ses coupoles, excellente photo! Heureux de te revoir sur la galerie!
Magnificent shot my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!Bravissimo!:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
Magnifique photo de ce splendide édifice, dont on voit bien ici l'immensité, et belle dédicace ! Bienvenue de nouveau sur Rendo !
Très joli ! Je rêve parfois de me rendre à Constantinople, mais on sent encore la majesté de l'édifice dans cette photo.
Mais Karma, comment ne pas apprécier un tel cadeau de ta part ! C'est tout simplement trop beau et je suis sûre que j'aurais eu beaucoup d'émotions à voir cet endroit en personne (tout comme tu as dû en avoir en le voyant, veinard !) Allez ! Quitte à faire jaser les artistes de Rendo, je vais te dire "Je t'aime" pour ce joli cadeau ! ;-) Enormes bises pour te remercier !
Superbe photo et superbe dédicace. Merveilleux endroit que cette basilique !!!
Jean-Luc, allow me to say how very impressed I was with this wonderful dedication for Virginie. She is a dear lady and friend to so many in the community. Reading her response made this one even better as it's easy to see she appreciated this so very much. I was fascinated by this epic capture and very much enjoyed the detailed history you provided.
Very beautiful and superb photoshot my friend.
Great to see your work. This is OUTSTANDING.
Beautiful image!
Beautiful dear, Jean Luc, thank you for the history also. Hugs for all day, Di. xx
Fantastic locality and shot. Superb light. Thanks for the interesting informations.
Beautiful & very colorful shot. But the light gray on darker gray text is hard on my eyes...
fabulous image
Une bien belle photo pour notre gente amie Virginie. Je garde un beau souvenir de Sainte-Sophie même si sa "lourdeur" n'est pas tout à fait à mon goût...en tout cas c'est impressionnant et Istanbul est une ville superbe très attachante.
This is a fantastic image and I know how difficult these church interior shots can be.
amazing architecture and superb foto
Very interesting and beautiful capture!
Welcome back - wonderful photo.
belle photo!
Beautiful shot!
les couleurs sont très belles, excellente photo
Superb work
Superb! I know from having been there two times that this is a very challenging building to get the lighting right... so much natural dynamic range from bright streaming sunlight to dark shadows. You did a great job of capturing that depth of light as well as spatial depth.
Great architecture shot.
very lovely and good history too