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Hagia Sophia

art material performance architecture architecture core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

  • Anthemius of Tralles, architect
  • Isidore of Miletus, architect
  • Byzantine and Ottoman religious-political contexts, patronage and reuse context

Canon Rationale

A core Byzantine, Ottoman, and Turkish architectural site, included for dome engineering, imperial Christianity, mosque conversion, heritage politics, and living religious status.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 73.

Evidence

  • handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Hagia Sophia'.
  • institutional list: UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 'Historic Areas of Istanbul'.

Audit Flags

community context required, access preservation required

Sensitivity Flags

living tradition, performance context required, display context distorting

Completion unit: study the site through architectural, historical, and heritage-status context.

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