The History and Art of Hagia Sophia

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The History and Art of Hagia Sophia
Hagia
Sophia is perhaps the most elaborate and well-known Byzantine Empire Church. Built between 532 and 537 CE by architects
Anthemius
of
Tralles
and
Isidorus
of Miletus, the construction of
Hagia
Sophia was one of Emperor Justinian’s greatest achievements during his reign over the Eastern Christian church in then-Constantinople, Turkey (today Istanbul) (
Kleiner
and
Mamiya
329). Byzantine Emperor Justinian (ruling from 527-565 CE) and his wife, Empress Theodora (ruling from 527-548 CE), are perhaps the most well-known of the Byzantine Empire’s rulers. The Emperor and Empress had deep religious and political investments in
Christanity
as the primary and only legal religion in the Byzantine Empire, and...

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