Marble Door Of Hagia Sophia

The proconessian columns in hagia sophia seem to have stood up very well to the force of the pressure of the great arches and vaults of the building.

Marble door of hagia sophia. The emperor entryway is 7 meters long and made of oak and has a bronze edge. The floors of hagia sophia were paved with blue banded proconnesian marble that was laid to resemble waves. It is said that the room also housed the synod council in 1166 and the decisions taken by them were displayed on marble. Hagia sophia is a great architectural beauty and an important monument both for byzantine and for ottoman empires.

Here is a close up of the great book matched double panel of cippolino rosso in the center. The door used to separate the west and south galleries there are depictions of fruit fish. Cipollino rosso also called carian or iasos marble comes from kiyi kislacik in mugla province turkey and is mined today. Located near the empress lodge in hagia sophia the door of heaven and hell marble door is a door made of marble.

It is the biggest entryway of hagia sophia dated to sixth century which gives going to the fundamental structure from the inward narthex segment. Here is a huge wall in hagia sophia showing marble revetment. Hagia sophia mosaics imperial door mosaic southwestern vestibule north tympanum apse mosaic emperor alexander empress zoe comnenus deesis hagia sophia architecture hagia sophia architecture hagia sophia dome loge of empress marble door sultan s lodge mahmut i s library marble jars. It is said by whom.

The room was used by the priests for their religious meetings. The marble door inside the hagia sophia is located in the southern upper enclosure or gallery. However they are extremely dirty and need to be cleaned. Below is an example.

Above the door hooks for drapery have been sunk into the beautifully veined marble. The marble door was used by synod members to enter and exit to the meeting chamber. It was used by the participants in synods who entered and left the meeting chamber through this door. You can still see the hooks for the drapery all over hagia sophia on the walls between the arches and from the ceiling.

Once a church later a mosque and now a museum at the turkish republic hagia sophia has always been the precious of its time. It is located at the upper southern gallery. The leaves of the entryway are covered by bronze plates. It is probably removed from another hellenistic building and was brought to hagia sophia.

That each side is symbolic and that one side represents heaven while the other represents hell.