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Structure-ID: s0001042
Created on: 10/03/00
Modified on: 04/04/08


Hagia Sophia

Aya Sofia
Built: 532 - 537
Status: in use
Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Hagia Sophia
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Structural Type:
Dome
Function / usage:
Church

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
  Anthemios
  Isodoros

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Dimensions
  diameter 31 m

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External LinkGreat Buildings Online: Hagia Sophia English
External LinkIstanbul Forever: la Basilique Sainte Sophie (Haghia Sophia) French
External LinkIstanbul Guide: Musée Sainte-Sophie French
External LinkJoseph Regenstein Library: Middle East Photos: Photograph Archive: Mosques in Istanbul English
External LinkPBS: Building Big - Hagia Sophia English
External LinkSacred Destinations: Hagia Sophia, Istanbul English
External LinkVicipaedia: Sancta Sophia Latin
External LinkVikipedi: Ayasofya Müzesi Turkish
External LinkVikipedija: Sofijos soboras Lithuanian
External LinkVikipēdija: Svētā Sofija Latvian
External LinkVikipeedia: Hagia Sophia Estonian
External LinkViquipèdia: Santa Sofia (Istanbul) Catalan
External LinkWikipedia: Agia Sofia Albanian
External LinkWikipedia: Aja Sofija Bosnian
External LinkWikipédia: Basílica de Santa Sofia Portuguese
External LinkWikipedia: Hagia Sofia Esperanto
External LinkWikipedia: Hagia Sofia Polish
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External LinkWikipédia: Hagia Sofia Slovak
External LinkWikipedia: Hagia Sofia Finnish
External LinkWikipedia: Hagia Sophia Romanian
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External LinkWikipedia: Hagia Sophia English
External LinkWikipedia: Hagia Sophia Dutch / Flemish
External LinkWikipedia: Hagia Sophia Danish
External LinkWikipedia: Hagia Sophia Italian
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External LinkWikipedia: Hagia Sophia Norwegian
External LinkWikipedia: Hagia Sophia Indonesian
External LinkWikipédia: Hagia Szophia Hungarian
External LinkWikipedia: Iglesia de Santa Sofía Spanish
External LinkWikipédia: Sainte-Sophie (Constantinople) French
External LinkWikipedia: Ægisif Icelandic
External LinkWikipedia: איה סופיה Hebrew
External LinkWikipedia: آيا صوفيا Arabic
External LinkWikipedia: ایاصوفیه Farsi
External LinkWikipedie: Hagia Sofia Czech
External LinkWikipedija: Aja Sofija Croatian
External LinkWikipedija: Hagija Sofija Slovenian
External LinkΒικιπαίδεια: Αγία Σοφία (Κωνσταντινούπολη) Greek (modern)
External LinkВікіпедія: Софійський собор (Константинополь) Ukrainian
External LinkВикипедија: Аја Софија Serbian
External LinkВикипедија: Црква “Света Софија“ Истанбул Macedonian
External LinkВикипедия: Софийский собор (Константинополь) Russian
External LinkУикипедия: Света София (Константинопол) Bulgarian
External Linkวิกิพีเดีย: สุเหร่าโซเฟีย Thai
External Linkウィキペディア: アヤソフィア Japanese
External Link维基百科: 圣索非亚大教堂 Chinese
External Link위키백과: 하기아 소피아 성당 Korean

Relevant Literature
* Bussagli, Marco   Qu'est-ce que l'architecture?, Editions Gründ, Paris (France) , ISBN 2700012232, 2005; pp. 238-239.
* Mainstone, Rowland J.   Hagia Sophia: Architecture, Structure and Liturgy of Justinian's Great Church, Thames and Hudson, New York (USA) , 1998.
* Mislin, Miron   Geschichte der Baukonstruktion und Bautechnik (2nd edition), Werner-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany) , ISBN 3804127428, 1997; pp. 146-150.
* Straub, Hans   Die Geschichte der Bauingenieurkunst, Birkhäuser, Basel (Switzerland) , ISBN 3764324414, 1992; pp. 370.
* Svenshon, Helge   Heron of Alexandria and the Dome of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, presented at Third International Congress on Construction History, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany , 20th-24th May 2009.

 
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