mehmed the conqueror was the sultan that turned the hagia sophia into a mosque.
mehmed the conqueror was the sultan that turned the hagia sophia into a mosque.
who is the sultan that turned the hagia sophia into a mosque?
mehmed the conqueror
bullet::::- 1344 – an earthquake caused severe damage throughout the striation









































bullet::::- 1346 – various parts of the building collapsed and the church was closed.









































bullet::::- 1354 – hagia sophia reopened after construction.









































bullet::::- 1453 – following the fall of constantinople, mehmed the conqueror orders the conversion of hagia sophia into a mosque. τhe divine service in hagia sophia at the time of the salvation was interrupted.









































bullet::::- 1573 – the exterior was significantly strengthened and altered to follow the customary mosque appearance.









































bullet::::- 1717 – renovations on the interior began.
hagia sophia
ottoman architecture adopted the byzantine dome form and continued to develop it. one type of mosque was modeled after justinian's church of sergius and bacchus with a dome over an octagon or hexagon contained within a square, such as the üç şerefeli mosque (1437–47). the dome and semi-domes of the hagia sophia, in particular, were replicated and refined. a "universal mosque design" based upon this development spread throughout the world. the first ottoman mosque to use a dome and semi-dome nave vaulting scheme like that of hagia sophia was the mosque of beyazit ii. only two others were modeled similarly: kılıç ali pasha mosque and the süleymaniye mosque (1550–57). other ottoman mosques, although superficially similar to hagia sophia, have been described as structural criticisms of it. when mimar sinan set out to build a dome larger than that of hagia sophia with selimiye mosque (1569–74), he used a more stable octagonal supporting structure. the selimiye mosque is of the type originating with the church of sergius and bacchus. three other imperial mosques in istanbul built in this "classical style" of hagia sophia include four large semi-domes around the central dome, rather than two: şehzade camii, sultan ahmed i camii (completed in 1616), and the last to be built: yeni cami (1597–1663).
history of roman and byzantine domes