Its dome features a corona of 40 arched windows which flood the interior with light, and is the first major example of a dome built on pendentives.
Its dome features a corona of 40 arched windows which flood the interior with light, and is the first major example of a dome built on pendentives. The east and west arches are extended by half-domes which create its characteristic oblong nave. Built by Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, some of its decorative mosaics have been recently uncovered by removing the whitewash that covered them during its alterations by the Turks, who also added four minarets. FTP, what is this great church in Istanbul?
Its dome features a corona of 40 arched windows which flood the interior with light, and is the first major example of a dome built on pendentives.
Hagia Sophia (or Church of Holy Wisdom)