Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: the Deesis mosaic in Hagia Sophia. Virgin Mary, Christ, John the Baptist (x 2.5 life size) - late 12th CE.
#HagiaSophia #mosaic #basilica #mosque #byzantine #art
🗿 Mar 24, 2020: Turkey Uses Ancient `#Cathedral, #HagiaSophia, as #Mosque for #Islamic #Prayer Again - creeping sharia https://middleeastregion2050.blogspot.com/2023/07/mar-24-2020-turkey-uses-ancient.html
#cathedral #HagiaSophia #mosque #Islamic #prayer
Today's poem:
An Arrangement of Sunlight at Hagia Sophia
- by George Bradley
https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/721628833034518528/todays-poem-by-george-bradley?source=share
#HagiaSophia #poetry #usage #IllUsage #visitor #paradigm #thoughts #insistence #prejudice #gift #GeorgeBradley
#HagiaSophia #poetry #usage #illusage #visitor #paradigm #thoughts #insistence #prejudice #gift #georgebradley
Hagia Sophia, istanbul.
(Image courtesy Dumbarton Oaks/Harvard)
#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #HagiaSophia #ByzantineArchitecture
#byzantinearchitecture #HagiaSophia #windowfriday #Fensterfreitag
Love of Architecture
Places you must see
I blog about our travels too. This blog post is about some of the amazing architecture that comes with the culture from around the world. You'll love it.
BLOG: https://beyondessential.com/architecture-around-the-world/
ART: https://www.rhfinearts.com/Architectural-Photography/
#istanbul #architecture #hagiasophia #sunset #bluehour #travel #travelplans #history #buyintoart #artmatters #artwork #photography #fineart #Photos #wallart #interiordesign #culture #artist #traveltheworld #art
#Art #traveltheworld #Artist #Culture #interiordesign #wallart #Photos #fineart #Photography #Artwork #artmatters #buyintoart #History #travelplans #Travel #bluehour #Sunset #HagiaSophia #istanbul #architecture #MastoArt
RT @ghostofhellas@twitter.com
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ghostofhellas/status/1615469145549676545
I thought this vlog would be "the best sites in #Istanbul", but I got grabbed for using my camera in public, which was shocking. It didn't spoil a fantastic trip to #Türkiye
#hagiasophia #BosphorusStrait #GalataTower #solotravel #lgbtqtravel #tripreport
#istanbul #turkiye #HagiaSophia #bosphorusstrait #galatatower #solotravel #lgbtqtravel #tripreport
Well… we were warned. 🤷🏻♀️
“Muslim call to prayer arrives to Minneapolis soundscape…. chant in Arabic blasted from rooftop loudspeakers, drowning out both the growl of traffic from nearby interstates and the chatter and clinking glasses on the patio of the dive bar that shares a wall with Minneapolis’ oldest Somali mosque..”
#HagiaSophia #Ottoman #Islam #TÜRKİYE #Christianity #Byzantium
To me the building is beautiful. And it lives best as a place of prayer rather than a museum. It should welcome anyone wishing to pray, Muslim, Christian, other. Eccumenical not secular use best respects history & meets human need today.
But I think it's being abused as a symbol of #Erdogan ambition to restore #OttomanEmpire rather than a symbol of faith. It divides where it should unite.
Imperialism, sectarianism is bad. news.
#ottomanempire #erdogan #byzantium #christianity #TÜRKİYE #islam #ottoman #HagiaSophia
RT @PresidencyGR@twitter.com
The decision of the Turkish leadership to turn #HagiaSophia into a mosque is a profoundly provocative act against the international community. It brutally insults historical memory, undermines the value of tolerance, and poisons Turkey's relations with the entire civilized world.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PresidencyGR/status/1281704749293883400
Toll. Jetzt ist die #HagiaSophia kein Denkmal mehr, sondern eine Moschee. Kann das bitte in #Civ5 angepasst werden? Statt Weltwunder nun in die Kategorie Religiöse Gebäude ^^