Hagia Sophia - for Virginiese by KarmaSong

Photography • Cultural and Spiritual Art • posted on Aug 20, 2014

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Hagia Sophia,( Eng. 'Holy Wisdom'), or Ayasophia (in Turkish), Sainte-Sophie (in French) was built in only 5 years as Byzantine Emperor Justinian was ruling over the Eastern Roman Empire. Emperor Justinian had made it plain to the architect of the church that he wanted everyone walking into the building to feel humble and small, in comparison with the massive, impressive and colossal proportions of the nave. It was inaugurated on 27 December 537 A.D., as a Greek Orthodox patriarchal basilica , then was converted to a Roman Catholic cathedral under the Latin Empire, and later was turned into an imperial mosque from 1453 until 1931.It is now a museum -Ayasofya MÃ¼zesi- in Istanbul, Turkey.

On my first visit to Istanbul, Ayasophia left a definitely lasting impression on me, as it encompasses the presence of two religions in the same building, still visible today in the Orthodox paintings and Islamic verses of the Quran inside that fantastic spiritual witness to the past.... Thank you very much for your comments on my last post and have a nice week. Please, click on the photo to get a full-size view of it.

This photo was also selected and features in Last Week in the Gallery #34.

Hope you'll like this dedi and post, Virginie, by way of answering your recent question on my latest holiday destination!

Comments (36)

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MagikUnicorn

9:42AM | Wed, 20 August 2014

Sublime

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kgb224

9:48AM | Wed, 20 August 2014

Welcome back my friend. Amazing capture. God bless.

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CarolusB

10:06AM | Wed, 20 August 2014

wonderful picture - I would love to visit this place.

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Gammacrucis

10:12AM | Wed, 20 August 2014

Nice to meet you again! this is a very interesting photo, thank you for sharing it with and for the explanation! ale ^_^

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Jean_C

10:12AM | Wed, 20 August 2014

Les proportions et l'architecture de cette basilique sont superbes, de même que les décors de ses coupoles, excellente photo! Heureux de te revoir sur la galerie!

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Mondwin

10:14AM | Wed, 20 August 2014

Magnificent shot my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!Bravissimo!:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma

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Leije

10:53AM | Wed, 20 August 2014

Magnifique photo de ce splendide édifice, dont on voit bien ici l'immensité, et belle dédicace ! Bienvenue de nouveau sur Rendo !

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Lucterios

10:57AM | Wed, 20 August 2014

Très joli ! Je rêve parfois de me rendre à Constantinople, mais on sent encore la majesté de l'édifice dans cette photo.

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virginiese

11:01AM | Wed, 20 August 2014

Mais Karma, comment ne pas apprécier un tel cadeau de ta part ! C'est tout simplement trop beau et je suis sûre que j'aurais eu beaucoup d'émotions à voir cet endroit en personne (tout comme tu as dû en avoir en le voyant, veinard !) Allez ! Quitte à faire jaser les artistes de Rendo, je vais te dire "Je t'aime" pour ce joli cadeau ! ;-) Enormes bises pour te remercier !

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Cyve

11:49AM | Wed, 20 August 2014

Superbe photo et superbe dédicace. Merveilleux endroit que cette basilique !!!

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magnus073

12:10PM | Wed, 20 August 2014

Jean-Luc, allow me to say how very impressed I was with this wonderful dedication for Virginie. She is a dear lady and friend to so many in the community. Reading her response made this one even better as it's easy to see she appreciated this so very much. I was fascinated by this epic capture and very much enjoyed the detailed history you provided.

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adrie

2:26PM | Wed, 20 August 2014

Very beautiful and superb photoshot my friend.

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FredNunes

3:04PM | Wed, 20 August 2014

Great to see your work. This is OUTSTANDING.

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auntietk

11:34PM | Wed, 20 August 2014

Beautiful image!

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rainbows

4:48AM | Thu, 21 August 2014

Beautiful dear, Jean Luc, thank you for the history also. Hugs for all day, Di. xx

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Hendesse

6:11AM | Thu, 21 August 2014

Fantastic locality and shot. Superb light. Thanks for the interesting informations.

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photosynthesis

10:17AM | Thu, 21 August 2014

Beautiful & very colorful shot. But the light gray on darker gray text is hard on my eyes...

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flavia49

6:36PM | Thu, 21 August 2014

fabulous image

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gaius

6:49AM | Fri, 22 August 2014

Une bien belle photo pour notre gente amie Virginie. Je garde un beau souvenir de Sainte-Sophie même si sa "lourdeur" n'est pas tout à fait à mon goût...en tout cas c'est impressionnant et Istanbul est une ville superbe très attachante.

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jayfar

1:03PM | Fri, 22 August 2014

This is a fantastic image and I know how difficult these church interior shots can be.

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Richardphotos

8:12PM | Fri, 22 August 2014

amazing architecture and superb foto

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VDH

4:02AM | Sun, 24 August 2014

Very interesting and beautiful capture!

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ia-du-lin

4:21AM | Sun, 24 August 2014

Welcome back - wonderful photo.

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jmb007

8:23AM | Sun, 24 August 2014

belle photo!

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waldodessa

8:53AM | Sun, 24 August 2014

Beautiful shot!

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pchef

10:13AM | Sun, 24 August 2014

les couleurs sont très belles, excellente photo

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pat40

6:18AM | Mon, 25 August 2014

Superb work

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brewgirlca

9:50PM | Mon, 25 August 2014

Superb! I know from having been there two times that this is a very challenging building to get the lighting right... so much natural dynamic range from bright streaming sunlight to dark shadows. You did a great job of capturing that depth of light as well as spatial depth.

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