Wednesday, 7 January 2015

Hagia Sophia / apse semi-dome

Architects: Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles, AD537. The mosaic of the Virgin and Child (Theotokos) was added in AD867. Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey. 

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