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Hagia Sophia Church was built in 537 CE, with minarets added in the 15th–16th centuries.The current structure was built by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I as the Christian cathedral of Constantinople for the Byzantine Empire and was designed by the Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles. It was formally called the Church of God’s Holy Wisdom and upon completion became the world’s largest interior space and among the first to employ a fully pendentive dome. It is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture and is said to have “changed the history of architecture”. The present Justinianic building was the third church of the same name to occupy the site, as the prior one had been destroyed in the Nika riots. As the episcopal see of the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, it remained the world’s largest cathedral for nearly a thousand years. Beginning with subsequent Byzantine architecture, Hagia Sophia became the paradigmatic Orthodox church form, and its architectural style was emulated by Ottoman mosques a thousand years later. It has been described as “holding a unique position in the Christian world” and as an architectural and cultural icon of Byzantine and Eastern Orthodox civilization. #hagiasophia #istanbul #constantinople #cathedral #orthodox #church #cultural #heritage #architecture #byzantine_architecture #byzantineart #byzantine #decor #instatravel #travelistanbul #noir_streetlife #ig_travel #wanderlust #travelpic #ig_shotz

The Basilica Cistern, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The cistern was built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine emperor Justinian I. Today it is kept with little water, for public access inside the space. The cistern provided a water filtration system for the Great Palace of Constantinople and other buildings on the First Hill, and continued to provide water to the Topkapı Palace after the Ottoman conquest in 1453 and into modern times. #istanbul #travel #basilicacistern #water #byzantine #history #medusa #columns #ionic #doric #corinthian #style #turkey #architecture #wanderlust #instatravel #travelistanbul #travelpic #noir_streetlife #ig_shotz #igtravel

Dolmabahçe Palace located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, on the European coast of the Bosporus strait, served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1887 and from 1909 to 1922 Dolmabahçe is the largest palace in Turkey. It has an area of 45,000 m2 The design contains eclectic elements from the Baroque, Rococo and Neoclassical styles, blended with traditional Ottoman architecture to create a new synthesis. The palace layout and décor reflect the increasing influence of European styles and standards on Ottoman culture and art during the Tanzimat period #istanbul #travel #dolmabahçe #turkey #bosphorus #palace #baroque #rococo #neoclassical #ottomanart #architecture #decor #instatravel #travelistanbul #noir_streetlife

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