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Home > Adventures Abroad > Turkey 2006 > Aya Sophia, 4/1/2006 Last additions - Aya Sophia, 4/1/2006 Restoration Work390 viewsThe scaffolding seen on the left in this picture filled the center of the nave; it was erected to enable restoration work on the dome, conducted with the aid of a grant from the World Monuments Fund. The work was completed sometime after our visit in 2006.Oct 20, 2019 Medallion458 viewsThe huge circular medallions date from the renovation of 1847-49 undertaken by Sultan Abdulmajid. They are inscribed with the names of Allah, Muhammad, the first four caliphs, and the grandchildren of Muhammad.Oct 20, 2019 Imperial Gate Mosaic437 viewsOnly the emperiors could enter via the Imperial Gate. The mosaic above the Imperial Gate depicts the emperior bowing before Christ, with the Virgin Mary on the left and the Archangel Gabriel on the right.Oct 20, 2019 Remains392 viewsThe objects exhibited here are remains of an older Aya Sophia, built during the reign of Emperor Theodosius II, who dedicated it in 415 AD, and destroyed during the Nika riots of 532.Oct 20, 2019 Upper Galleries453 viewsThe western gallery was the Empress' Loge, the northern was for the court women, and the southern for the emperor. The hexagonal structure at lower right, below the gallery, is the Sultan's Loge, a 19th-century addition.Oct 20, 2019 Library Furniture443 viewsThis curious piece of furniture stands in the Library. I don't know its overall purpose, but it appears to harbor a light in the dome.Oct 20, 2019 Library Grilles435 viewsThese grilles separate the Library, added in 1739 by Sultan Mahmud I, from the nave.Oct 20, 2019 Looking up360 viewsA ground-floor view of one of the excedrae. These semicircular recesses provide a pleasing way to round out what would otherwise be a stark and abrupt junction between the gallery sides.Oct 20, 2019 Sandie Takes a Poke389 viewsUnfortunately, the light in this corner of Hagia Sophia was so dim that the camera wasn't able to shoot at the speeds required to freeze motion, so this as well as many other pictures shot inside the cathedral came out blurry.Oct 20, 2019 Wall Detail418 viewsColorful abstract figures underpinned by lustrous alabaster reliefs.Oct 20, 2019 Deësis Close-up460 viewsJesus and John the Baptist.Oct 20, 2019 The Marble Door451 viewsLocated in the southern part of the upper gallery, the Marble Door opened into a chamber that was used for synods (church councils). 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