The "speckled Phrygian stone" of this building is described in an ekphrasis by Paul the Silentiary.
The "speckled Phrygian stone" of this building is described in an ekphrasis by Paul the Silentiary. A structure in this building that is always moist was thought to cure malaria and is called the "Sweating Column." A group of circular marble slabs in this building is named the Omphalion. Giuseppe and Gaspare Fossati were hired to renovate this building, leading them to conclude that the oft-spat on grave of (*) Enrico Dandolo in it is merely a memorial. Four pendentives were used to support the cupola of this building designed by Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. Dedicated to the Logos, it was turned into a museum by Kemal Ataturk. Emperor Justinian financed, for 10 points, what large building, at one time a church and a mosque in Istanbul?
The "speckled Phrygian stone" of this building is described in an ekphrasis by Paul the Silentiary.
Hagia Sofia (EYE-yuh Sophia)