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Wikipedia: Hagia Sophia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia
An illustrated history and description from the online collaborative encyclopedia of the magnificent Byzantine Church of Holy Wisdom, now known as the Ayasofya Museum. |
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Computer Model of the Hagia Sophia - http://www.princeton.edu/~asce/const_95/const.html
Project by Princeton University in 1996. Technical details of producing the model, some photographs. |
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Hagia Sophia - http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Hagia_Sophia.html
Great Buildings Online provide photographs, 3D model, choice quotations and bibliography of the Byzantine masterpiece designed by Isidoros and Anthemios in 532-7. |
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Wikipedia: Chora Church - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chora_Church
Article describing a building in Istanbul considered to be one of the most beautiful examples of Byzantine architecture, now a museum. |
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Byzantium 1200 - http://www.byzantium1200.com/
A non-profit project creating computer reconstructions of the Byzantine monuments of Constantinople (now Istanbul) as they stood in 1200 AD. |
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Wikipedia: Suleiman Mosque - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleymaniye_Mosque
Illustrated history and description from the online collaborative encyclopedia of this grand mosque in Istanbul, built on the order of Suleiman I to a design by Sinan which reflected the nearby Hagia Sophia. |
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The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople: Hagia Sophia - http://www.patriarchate.org/ecumenical_patriarchate/chapter_4/html/hagia_sophia.html
A history and description of this great Byzantine church. Illustrations include lithographs from Aya Sofia Constantinople (1852), a floor plan, isometric elevation, and cross-sections. Exterior and interior photographs include mosaics. |
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On the Great Church - http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/bible/procopius.stm
Description by Procopius in 537 of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. Taken from the Lethabv/Swainson translation of De Aedificiis. |
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Beyazit Tower - http://www.mersina.com/Turkey/Marmara/Istanbul/beyazit_tower.html
Deniz Kaya's illustrated article on the stone firemen's watch tower in Istanbul, built in 1828. From Mersina. |
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Mansions on the Water - Yalis of Istanbul - http://www.mersina.com/lib/yali/index.html
An illustrated article by Chris Hellier in Mersina on the grand houses on the Bosphorus shore, built by the former Ottoman elite. |