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Close ✕Hagia Sophia, Constantinople / Istanbul
The great church of Holy Wisdom, built for Justinian I between 532 and 537 to designs by Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus, and dedicated on 27 December 537.
41.0, 29.0 · approximate · built 532-537; dome rebuilt 562; in continuous use since
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- located in Constantinople — The church was built as the cathedral of the imperial capital and stands in what is now the Sultanahmet district of Istanbul.
- created by Anthemius of Tralles — Anthemius of Tralles, with Isidore of Miletus, designed the church for Justinian I from 532; both are described in the sources as geometers rather than as builders.
- comparable to The Pantheon, Rome — The Pantheon sets a dome on a continuous circular drum and the whole wall takes the thrust; Hagia Sophia sets a smaller dome on four points, which is structurally harder and spatially far more flexible.
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