The Sozayskaya Mosque is quite close to the Seraglio. I will not go into details about this famous temple, so many times, and described in such detail before me, both in the form of a Christian cathedral, and then, after transforming it into a mosque. Moreover, I could not get a good look at it; I entered the interior almost furtively and hurried out, so that I would not be caught there at the time when Muslims gather for prayer. I am not Firman’s imfl, although they told me about him. It would have been necessary to wait, but I had little time left, so I went to Asia Minor, wanting to catch Akhmet Pasha in BrussB. However, I will sketch here a brief historical and architectural outline: Bandury and other Byzantine Shek writers, who are not known to everyone, will help me with this; I’ll also add that the UCIFL itself should be considered.
The Church of Saint Sophie began to be built, not long before his death, by Konstantin Velium; his son Constantius completed it, according to a plan that seems very similar to the TBM, according to which the Church of St. Paul the Apostle was built, outside the walls of Rome. Church of St. Sophie throated several times; by the way, at a time when the opponents of Toann Chrysostom burned everyone in it who did not agree to his extermination. Deodoe1y resumed it in the Middle Ages, and Justinan built it completely again, using all the income of Egypt for 47 years. He transported the finest marbles from Lesser Azsh, from the Archipelago Islands and even from Galli; Eight of the north-facing columns are taken from the Temple of the Sun, built by the Emperor Aurelan, and dedicated to St. Sophia by a Roman lady. Eight others, made of green jasper, were sent to Imnerator by the Ekhesan thief leaders. The people, from the very beginning of the construction of this church, had a pious attachment to it and were accustomed to seeing in it the palladium of their capital: and now, with all the hope of the vigilant Greeks in Conetantinople, all their anticipation is directed towards the day on which they will celebrate their liturgy in it.
No matter where you approach St. Sophie, you see a wide and, as it were, silused dome. Around it you can see many other domes, much lower and smaller in size. Heavy counter-Forests surround and support the walls on all sides.
The front view of the church represents a Greek cross; length of the spruce, from east to west, 970 ft., width from northeast at noon 240 ut. And besides the meal, there is also a section in which those announced during the mysteries stood. Nine bronze gates decorated with bas-reliefs led into the cathedral; forty columns made of different stones, stones or precious stones - (°) Here are the comparative sizes of the three now famous churches in Europe: Peter the Apostle in Rami, Chavaa Apostol in Loidon, and St. Sovai in TsVonstantinonol. It is a great pity for me that I cannot build the building of the Great Church of St. Isaac of Dalmatia in St. Netherburg, because it was not completed; I only know that it, both in size and greatness, far surpasses the London Church and St. Soho, and being, in its enormity, second only to the Church of St. Apostle Peter in Rome, the Church of the 610th village, St. 420 - width, Peter 155 - dmameter in the dome, in Rome 569 - the height of the key of the vault, 48% of the nudes were supported by 60 other columns that decorated the choirs, called Hynetikon 5x by the Greeks because only women attended the services.
The dome, with two half-domes and six smaller domes, is considered an excellent work of architecture: it is supported on four huge pillars, connected to each other by large arcs and supported by 8 more granite columns, feet in diameter. Between the 24 rather narrow windows of the temple, there are arches made of mosaic, which narrow to its very height; the plane of the vault is such that it does not have a bolt of 10 feet. height, although the temple from the platform to the key rises 165 khuts, and the diameter of the dome is 405 khuts.
DATE ft. long ago, Pavel 207 - width, 100 - dome diameter, in London 954 - height under the key of the vault. - 270 ft. Danvas, Saints 3240 - Shameter in the dome, at 485 - heights under the key of the vault, The Turks saw me that the church of St. Somsh is built of spongy stone and even pumice. This last statement only proves their ignorance, but the first may be true. In Malta, everything is built from such stone. But here I couldn’t get enough of it when I didn’t dare to climb up and scrape off the plaster. The Turkish mob still believes that if a Christian climbs to the top of this mosque, it will inevitably fall apart. But, assuming that a spongy stone was actually used for the vault, there is no reason to be surprised that such a huge dome has stood for so long and so firmly without the slightest damage.