Today we will give historical, touristic and architectural information about the museum.
The Komnenos dynasty, from 1202 to 1461
until 1238.
King Manuel Komnenos ruled between 1238 and 1263.
ruled.
Hagia Sophia Church gives the neighborhood its name,
It was built during the reign of Manuel I Komnenos.
It was built between 1240 and 1250,
but I've been in the same place before.
A temple to the Roman god Apollo,
in an even more ancient period, the ruins of which still exist.
there was a chapel.
Church in the Hagia Sophia Museum area,
the bell tower next to the church,
Christian and Ottoman tombstones in the garden
and there are remains found during excavations and then brought here.
When we look at the architecture of the church, we see a basilical, cross-planned structure.
There are entrance doors on the north, south and west sides and a narthex was added on the west side.
longer and given the appearance of a cross.
South, north and west narthexes
They are covered with a barrel vault.
The walls are thick and made of cut stone.
5 windows in the eastern part,
6 in the southern part,
6 in the northern part,
It is illuminated by 1 window in the west.
The altar of the church is half round when viewed from the inside,
From the outside, it has five corners.
The dome was built with 12 corners, taking into account the number of apostles of Jesus Christ.
Hagia Sophia is unique in the world with its mixed architecture.
The dome pulley was made in Caucasian style and the dome in Georgian style.
There are Seljuk rosette motifs on the outer walls.
The southern entrance is the most magnificent and ornate part of the building.
There is a keystone at the top of the entrance.
On the keystone, there is a single-headed eagle motif facing east.
This emblem is the state emblem of the Komnenos dynasty.
Their tails are intertwined just below the keystone,
There are two doves facing east and west, which in the Christian faith represents the holy spirit.
On either side of the doves are two squares with a star and a crescent moon.
the sun and the moon, symbolizing good and evil.
Below the squares are ancient animal motifs and deer motifs.
The deer is the symbol of immortality.
On the arch, there is a symbol of the
There are grape leaves and they are symmetrically carved.
Relief figures on the frieze depict the creation of Adam and Eve.
and the story of the expulsion from paradise.
Looking from right to left, in the first scene
The creation of Adam and Eve.
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