1/6 · ExteriorPhoto: Adli Wahid · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source2/6 · ExteriorPhoto: Arild Vågen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source3/6 · ExteriorPhoto: lienyuan lee · CC BY 3.0 · source4/6 · Interior · Look from the esonarthex into the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, Istanbul, TurkeyPhoto: Laurens R. Krol · CC BY 4.0 · source5/6 · Interior · Interior of the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, Istanbul, TurkeyPhoto: Laurens R. Krol · CC BY 4.0 · source6/6 · Detail · Five doors lead to the narthex and then onPhoto: Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Religious · Historic precedent
Hagia Sophia
Isidore of Miletus, Anthemius of Tralles · Istanbul, Türkiye · 537
Key featuresOne of the first buildings with a fully pendentive dome, about 33 m across after rebuilding.