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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: 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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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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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. |
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Byzantium 1200 - http://www.arkeo3d.com/byzantium1200/
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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Fener and Balat Row Houses - http://www.angelfire.com/art2/fener_balat/
A typological study by Serhat Cetinturk of the facades of houses in this historic district of Istanbul, using maps, drawings and photographs from the archive of the Planning Department of Mimar Sinan University. |