The Historical Peninsula Part 2: Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia is one of the most glorious pieces of art of the historical peninsula and is one of the oldest as well since its history is 1480 years long. Hagia Sophia was built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and is the oldest cathedral in the world. It was transformed into a mosque after the conquest of Istanbul by Fatih Sultan Mehmet in 1453. Nowadays it serves as a museum and hosts guests from all over the world.
The building that exists today has been built instead of the cathedral which was burned twice due to riots. For this reason, it is named as 3rd Hagia Sophia. The construction date of the first Hagia Sophia goes back to year 360.
The human figured mosaics were covered by a finishing coat after conquest of Istanbul by the Ottoman Empire, the ones without human figures were left same and 4 minarets were added to the structure by time. When Hagia Sophia was transformed into a museum in 1935, the mosaics under the finishing coat came in view in an unharmed status and the inner structure of the piece of art still preserves its aesthetic concept after hundreds of years.
You will face history and follow the traces of centuries old civilizations in Hagia Sophia which is one of the places that you must see when visiting Istanbul.
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