mehmed the conqueror was the group that turned the hagia sophia into a mosque.
mehmed the conqueror was the group that turned the hagia sophia into a mosque.
who is the group that turned the hagia sophia into a mosque?
mehmed the conqueror
the most famous example of byzantine architecture is hagia sophia. the hagia sophia held the title of largest church in the world until the ottoman empire sieged the byzantine capital. after the fall of constantinople, the church was converted into a mosque and was used for religious services until 1931, until it was reopened as a museum in 1935.translated from greek, the name hagia sophia means "sacred wisdom".









































section::::important byzantine monuments.:hagia sophia.:construction of hagia sophia.
byzantine architecture
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