Hagia Sophia - Istanbul's Ancient Mystery FULL SPECIAL | NOVA | PBS America
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Follow engineers as they build a massive 8-ton model of the building's core structure, place it on a motorized shake table, and hit it with a series of simulated quakes, pushing it collapse-a fate that the team is determined to avoid with the real building.
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The only thing on my bucket list was to see the Hagia Sophia. I was terribly sick, but I made it, while it was still a museum. So grateful.
It can still be visited even though it's a place of worship now. Nothing has changed other than the fact that The One True God is remembered in it 5 times a day. Hagia Sofia still welcomes visitors from all over the world.
@@aminabagus-dutoit964Jesus Christ ✝️ is the only one true God not Satanic Allah and pedophile prophet 😊
I'm glad you got to see it as a museum. I hope to be able to visit Constantinople one day, whether the Hagia Sophia will be a museum or a Church by that point remains to be seen. But I will not enter it as a mosque, I don't want to give credence to that nonsense.
A pagan Arab moon god is not the "one true god". @@aminabagus-dutoit964
It was recently partially turned into a museum again.
A truly amazing building.. standing in that place was humbling
[ 49:39 ] Evidently, Hellenic engineers "designed for longevity TO SURVIVE", to provide WISDOM and teach today's scientists/engineers but also "an experience that's completely different than anything else in the world ". NB: Apparently, this all connects to the fact that Hellenes (Greeks) named Ayia Sofia exactly as " Σοφία του Θεού " which specifically translates to " Wisdom of GOD " !!! Then, because of turkey's EGO/PRIDE they found it necessary to plaster-over Orthodox Christianity before proceeding to use our Christian Cathedral for their prayers !?!? ........ any Wisdom ???? 💖💖🙏
Indeed Even the name is Greek.
It means Holy Wisdom. The full name was the church of God's holy wisdom
Thank you All! I enjoyed lot! Awsome! cheers.
Just Exquisite, Incredible, extraordinary,!!!!
Greek word AGIA is actually SAINT
Tell them please!!! a bravo
What would be the Occidental world without our beautiful churches? Our beautiful culture? Rich, beautiful Christian culture.
It is beautiful Roman Pagan culture, Your civilization is Rome and Rome was destroyed by Christianity
Not nearly 1000 years but nearly 1500 years.
I was here AMAZING CHURCH ..
Kilise öldū artik orasi bir CAMII 😃😃😃
@@tractorSaziismi “kutsal ruh”olan cami süsü verilmiş bir katedral ama sen bilirsin
@@tractorSazinow will be back to the original
Agia Sofia.... παρακαλώ. Αιντε τωρα ❤
Agia Sophia and Konstadinoupolis are the proper names. ❤❤❤
this is history buddy game is over you can try to rename it
Istanbul and Aya Sofya. Turk since 1453.
@@steppenwolf5956 history should be learnt correctly. Its the only thing that cannot be changed. Its a church. Noone can change that ever. Its a Christian marvel. It can never be islamic
@@oguzb.7033 ya but you didn't built. It's your biggest tourist attraction. and ever since the turkish brain has yet to built anything remotely close to it's magnificence since 1453
@oguzb.7033 your two biggest cities have Greek names, your biggest tourist attraction is a Greek orthodox building. The dna of the majority of your western citizens is Greek. Greek is still being spoken around Trapezounta. It must be embarrassing that the only valid argument that you have is "but we butchered you".
I am surprised by the fact that in this video the people who designed and built Haghia Sophia are not explicitely mentioned, as if that were a trivial fact! Well, here they are: the Greek Byzantines!
15:00 How much more explicit mention is required?
They were Romans.No Greek in 400 CE.
If so, I’m not. A mosque becoming a cathedral is viewed as being a tragedy, a cathedral becoming a mosque is viewed as being something beautiful. All this according to the self haters of the western world.
@@GordyThomas that's not explicit at all! Till the 15th minute Haghia Sophia is described as some sort of "Turkish" monument!!! Then, a little before the 15th minute the emperor Justinian is mentioned as Roman (not Byzantine). And then the video goes "Justinian turns to Greek mathematicians"! So, if I were an uninformed viewer, I would have understood that 1) Haghia Sophia is some sort of Roman - Turkish monument 2) that the Roman - Turkish authorities commissioned two outsiders, two Greek mathematicians, to make the designs of Haghia Sophia.
@@YY-ug9mv yes of course...they were "Romans", if that serves your nationalistic agenda...I am of Byzantine descent though and I don't feel "Roman" at all! I feel Greek! My Byzantine ancestors many generations ago were Greeks! And they were not a minority in Constantinople / Asia Minor but the majority of the population in Greek Byzantium!
The PBS video on Hagia Sophia discloses and unravels so many facts on how to build a huge structure and reasons behind the usage of the materials and design worth learning in current construction methods and activities. Thank you!
There could be no better conclusion than the last line. Striking! ❤
Glad to hear from a true greek
Awesome!!! Excellent!!!
One of the oldest building in the world.1500 years old
It's an amazing building❤
It's a Church and will always be .... ✝️☦️👑
@@mangloreanwithabeard church or mosque the most important thing it's AN AMAZING BUILDING 😀
@@Assianelle still not mosque , but church 👑✝️
@@mangloreanwithabeard it becomes mosque🕌
@@AssianelleI disagree they can rename it to mosque but will always go down as church in world's history ✝️
Amazing.
Does the thief has right on the object he stole in the eyes of justice ?
No. Its a church. Will always be a church. Its soul is Christian.. like Taj mahal is a hindu building renovated by the Islamic invaders. Converted into a mausoleum. With beautiful flowers motifs. Beautiful snakes and pots of hinduism all over. Just a few quranic verses written over it. Nothing Islamic about it
Thank God Indu there is someone speaking sense in this insane debate
@@induchopra3014 ayasofya artik bir camidir .aglamayi kesin ruyalarinizda bile goremeyeceksiniz ayasofyanin kilise oldugunu pislik hristiyanlar😃😃😃
Constandinouspolis wouldn’t want to hear this
It was Konstadinoupoli's mystery. It was built from the Great King Konstantinos.❤
cry more
Sounds like you're the one who is crying, since this wasn't built by or for muslims. Islam is on its last legs, by the way. Iran and Pakistan are already no longer muslim majority countries. Enjoy it while it lasts. @@ercanylmaz967
@@ercanylmaz967🦧
@@ercanylmaz967more than what??? Speak english. As for the rest it Is just as if the nazis are showing arround eifel tower while occupying Paris
@@nezperce2767 agla agla köpekj😃😃
It needs restoring.
Haga Sophia was built a few centuries before Taj Mahal and the architect received inspiration from the Christians, yet the Muslims can brag the best.
I've only ever seen it from the air in a low flying turbo prop, but I thought it an incredible and unforgettable building. That was in the early 60s. I wanted to visit but never had the time and money. I think the model makers lacked a lot of common sense.
Bangunan megah sekali
Ha, I love history. So much is being exposed. So many great Christian churches were stolen or destroyed! But the ✝️ will never die.
Come to Asia, so many Temples were destroyed by Christian Inquisition.
It was not stolen, it was conquered by war. A bunch of European vandals stole America, okay? Did it work for you?
Also many great mosque were stolen and destroyed but islam still standing
And in Spain there are so manny great constructions made by muslims! Engineering has noting to do with religion! All to to with money!
Amen ✝️
Imagine, they are praying inside on Friday, and one day before have killed so many fateful Orthodox and loyal people .
Of course, Christians join the war with flowers in their hands,
Miserable Rum ethnofascism
🇫🇷❤️🇮🇱✝️🙏
im sorry whats so mysterious about Hagia sophia? its built by Justinian the guy and was a church for years! and then converted into a mosque, and then a museum, as well the place got a cat too
Tipik yunan yalanları iste😃😃😃
Beautiful Mosque
The video is old in scope. Hagia Sophia is no longer a museum. And there has been an earthquake more recent than the 90s earyhquake. So there is a need of an update.
Video was first aired in February 2015. You are right: In 2020, it became a mosque again, welcoming worshippers as well as tourists
Imagine the ruckus that would happen if some Christian symbolism was inserted into a mosque.
@@TesterAnimal1 alhambra and cordoba
PROBABLY, TURKS DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MOSQUES, THAT'S WHY A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY CONVERTED HAGIA SOPHIA INTO A MOSQUE.SURPRISINGLY, CHRISTINS LL OVER THE WORLD DIDN'T HAVE SAY. IT IS A SHAME!
@@GokhanGursel-eu1xm🇫🇷❤️🇪🇸Spain was always a Christian nation the Arab Muslims invaded and ruled ruthlessly for centuries but where eventually and rightfully removed from Spain by the Spanish 🇪🇸
ΧΡΙΣΤΕ ΜΟΥ, ΕΛΕΟΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΕ ΜΟΥ. ΣΥΓΧΩΡΕΣΕ ΜΑΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΑΜΑΡΤΩΛΟΥΣ.
😃😃😃😃fatih sultan mehmet selam olsun ona ve askerlerine
@@tractorSazi greetings from the people of the Sultan's mother, the one that gave birth to him. And from the people of his soldiers as it is known they were Janisaries. IC XC NIKA.
It's not museum any more, fanatics convert it to moskue once again
ROGAMOS A LOS INGENIEROS, ENVIADOS POR ADONAI/ALLAH, QUE SALVE A SANTA SOFÍA, PATRIMONIO DE LA HUMANIDAD. AMÉN. GRACIAS, NOVA/PBS.
The first Hagia Sophia collapsed from a major earthquake. Constantinople was the capital of the eastern Roman Empire and although the majority were Greek speakers they considered themselves to be Roman. Like the colosseum pantheon and aqueducts it is a marvel of Roman engineering. I doubt we will ever come to fully understand how advanced the Romans were. But each civilization built on the knowledge and greatness of the previous civilizations. Mediterranean civilizations learned from each other while competing with each other. Egyptians Greeks carthaginians etruscans humanity is amazing and the Mediterranean had the advantage of perfect weather and a natural super highway
You are wrong.Greeks thrived in the whole region and were dominant for 1.500 years before Agia Sophia was built. All technological and scientific inventions were happening in the parts of the empire that Greek scholars and scientists lived. The list is endless....Don't fall for the BS they feed you at school...there is reason for that. Half of the Emperors were Greek.Greek culture and sciences were dominant thats why they never experienced Dark Ages like the Romans and the West.The navy flame throwers were called Greek fire. The last Emperor, a Greek, before the Ottoman conquest, in his last speech to his men who were Byzantines and Genoans called them ''sons of Romans and Greeks''
Just ask Marcus Porcius Cato on the matter between greeks and romans on culture and civilization. Then open a book in greek latin english german or french in order to find out why greek lang goes back to minor asia a bit before darious or kurds ( kurduchs) as you may not be easy for you to adk hettites or asyrians on it
What is the relation between ancient Rome and east Rome except the name? Why the Greek language was the dominate language in Anatolia M asia Pontos from Hellenistic period? East " romans " were ethnically Greeks calling themselfs " romans" after Christianity was the official state religion and the term Greek was forbitten as pagan Pantheon Colloseum Mediterranean Anatolia Konstantpolis Agia - Sofia Europe are Greek words - not roman
@@elenilepouri7253 hellenistic period is arround 350BC Minor Asia greek relics goes back an other 1000 years. Turks come arround 1200 later ( arround 900AD) in the larger area
@@nezperce2767 Yes M asia goes back but to Copper age but Anatolia later. Turkis invations were after 1050- without a regular state. It was after 1300 ( ottoman)
Η πόλη λέγεται ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΎΠΟΛΗ
Yakında Atina da İslam topraklarında olacak sende kahrından yok olacaksın
Amen🙏✝️
😂
İSTANBUL!!!
Artik ISTANBUL dur bunu olmayan beynine sok😃😃😃😃
There is NO MISTERY AT ALL ! The Greeks built it. All the masons were Greeks (Hellenes) and the architects were Anthemios and Isidoros !!! Enough with the Turkish propaganda.....
I was thinking the same thing. No doubt the modern arabized Turks wish they could build like that. I think the Christian Anatolians, who had largely adopted aspects of Greek culture, surely could!
And what was it BEFORE it got turned into a church??!? A TEMPLE
@@melg6834 It was built as a church. There is no "before"
Finally sm one said it
As a Persian I wish we still had Greeks and Armenians as our neighbors in Anatolia😢
Here we have the evidences friends, how our planet is communicating with human specie, skilled architects deserve to be rewarded, a lot of more buildings survived any kind of natural disasters because a symbol of FAITH...a very clear warning how to build up safe structures earthquakes proof, if human existance is a Holy Blessing..it becomes this eternal. Our planet is capable to send us messages if we are willing to learn, FAITH is our symbiotic relationship with Mother Earth... that's the point friends ❤🎉❤
The whole word is around you like a grain on the scale, a drop of morning dew that fell to the ground.
The way they built that model certainly doesn't look like a scientific replica of the original building. Looks more like a hobby modelists job.
I am sure you have ideas to do it better.
What an ashole!
Thank you I was thinking the same. It looks very flimsy and the techniques and materials fail the original. You can't just scale down the building and build it without imitating the original techniques. Also, the shake table test should not be considered accurate they only put a scale model on it and rocked it. Real life Hagia Sofia is embedded in the stone ground which greatly affects how it interacts with earthquakes. It is not just put over the ground.
End the occupation.
I pray that Hagia Sophia will be restore to its original features and arts. It was built for Christian and builders were guided by the Holy one. Sad that it was repainted and become dull like those who did that to the church.
It was built by pagan Justinian, not Christian’s.
@@Manuka-px2peChristians love to lie
Someday it will be a place to worship The Trinity God again. We learned that it took 2000 years for Hindu rebuild Babri Mosque to Hindu Temple again. I believe Al Aqsa too will be back to The Temple of Mount for jewish again.
@@Manuka-px2pe Justinian was not pagan. Learn history
@@majeromajero7330 😃😃😃siz hayal kurmaya devam edin sıçan suruleri ayasofya kiyamete kadar cami olarak kalacaktir..
You mean Constantinople.
No İstanbul and soon all Europa will be part of Türkiye
It’s a disgrace that this is no longer a museum… and back to being a symbol of violent Islamic conquest and disregard for the people and religion that originally built this masterpiece.
This is same story of Taj mahal. A hindu rajputs residence converted into a mausoleum by Islamic rulers. Just put few wordings,4 minarets. They convert buildings, then claim it as Islamic architecture. Scratch the history, and nothing is Islamic. They destroyed most building
@@kzgntosbaga6255 tent dwellers has never built even needle or wiper blade, word of pakistani writer Hasan Nisar, every thing was stolen from others
MUSLIM INVADERS WHO BECAME RULERS OCCUPIERS@@induchopra3014
It took 2000 years to Indian Hindu to reclaim Babri Mosque to a Ram Temple again. So, have faith. Al Aqsa too will be reclaim by The Jews. Muslim will be forced to build their own grand mosque.
@@kzgntosbaga6255 My bad. It was demolished by Aurangzeb about 366 yrs ago. Hindus built it back recently.
Wrong title ... it should be Constantinople's Ancient Mystery ...
cry more, ur madness wont change anything
Even Istanbul is Greek name Bul is for Polis, all the cities in Turkey have Greek names Trabson Izmir Erzerum Sinope Attalya Edirne Konya Sivas Agkara 😂
Really. The whole turkey is built on Greek and Armenian lands
Κλέφτες.....
@@MaaanMaanMan So what?
truly amazing building. Wish Turkish and Ottomans had respected it and not destroy it through the years. What a shame to turn it to a mosque and cover all the original artwork.
In 8:41 FYI there is not a Mustafá Pasha mosque in Macedonia.
Biased towards the mongolina hordes
Hagia Sophia converted into a mosque 🤣🤣🤣why western media is not crying loudly... This was a UNESCO heritage. How can turkey convert this into a mosque. Right wing increases in turkey following Islamic ideology. This is controversial mosque.. Originally it was a church. How can they convert it. Does Allah allow prayer from other religious places which is forcely converted. I don't think he accepted that
I think because this was built by Muslim
@@syedrahim4771 I love your sense of humor...
The "Christian west" wants to suck up to erdogan, as he is their key to Russia as well as the M.East. That's why they stay silent. Like they did for Cyprus when the Turks invaded and occupied half the island,which remains until today under turkish control.
This was a church. Interesting to watch muslims complain of the new Ram Temple at Ajodhya in India.
What can you expect from invaders, thieves, and the uneducated
It's a GREAT CHRISTIAN CATHEDRAL!!!
It is a GREAT GREEK ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CATHEDRAL!!!
@@sallycoop935it's a great beautiful mosque don't you think that
Not for a long, long time!
Amen ✝️
@@ahteshamahmed4316🇫🇷❤️🇮🇱Stolen Cathedral and forcefully turned into a mosque it’s moments like this that give me immense joy that Al Aqsa third holiest place in Islam is controlled by Jews in the biblical state of Isreal 😊
The achievements of ancient Greece you can find all over the world! Most museums are full of Greek art most of which were stolen while our country was under occupation as England, Italy, France, Germany! Costandinopoli is the name of the city and Agia Sofia the symbol of Christianity! The Acpopolis is still standing after all the wars and the looting! Turks have nothing to do with the greatness ... We can only give them credit for all the destruction and the disrespect that they have shown to such uniqe monument !!!
So true whole history of Islamic conquests show this pattern. They destroy other religions buildings. Or hijack them and rename them with few renovations. They destroyed Bamiyan budhaa statues. Taj mahal is a hindu building. Converted into a mauseleum
Well said and fully true!!!
@@induchopra3014 You better get your facts straight in history,
Aglamayi birak anna ayasofya mislumanlarindir bu kiyamete kadarda boyle kalacaktir 😃😃😃surungen yunanlilar 😃😃
BYZANTIUM GREEK ORTHODOX 🇬🇷☦️🇬🇷☦️🇬🇷☦️
Come to take it back?poor Greek
@@HumanBeing- God has a plan ☦️☦️☦️ for everything
Only TURK..😃😃
@@HumanBeing- Of course! Challegne accepted!
@@HumanBeing-islamic scientists didn't know how to fix that church after earthquake!!only The creator of church did it!!
Big shame for Christians around the word 😢😢😢
👍👍👍👍
A Church. In Constantinople. Real fact.
@@kzgntosbaga6255 Be ashamed thief.....be ashamed of flaunting stolen things....
It was doomed with the invaders...but hopefully it will be preserved as it is an important heritage site.
@@abinand0 Hagia Sophia was Not a church while takeover by conqueror. but abandoned building. No spritual was there while safeguarded ( not stolen ) by muslims . Look history. " a church ( Hagia Sophia) that had been avoided by the Orthodox since, in their view, the Catholics had contaminated it in December 1452, when the formal celebration of the union of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches had taken place. Since that fateful day it had been seen as the abode of demons and a pagan temple " " And the Great church was considered by them to be a refuge of demons and a Hellenic ( Pagan ) Temple ". Book : The siege and the fall of Constantinople in 1453 . Author Marios Philippides and Walter K . Hanak Edition : 2011 Page : 227 , 228 " The fact is that during the last months of Byzantine Constantinople, the Great Church had been avoided by the pious Orthodox, who had concluded that their cathedral had been contaminated by Catholic rites during the celebration of the union between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches in December 1452....... After the celebration of the union, the church never functioned properly and was regarded as the abode of demons and as a pagan temple, " and the Great Church was considered by them to be a refuge of demons and a Hellenic temple.............Santa Sophia became a focal point for the Greeks only after the Turks entered the city, when the population flocked there in search of asylum. " Evidence: Tears of the Great Church Author : Marios Philippides Page : 724 So , the Aya Sofia not stolen by muslims. That building ( Hagia Sophia ) was abandoned by orthodox patriarch and people. 1). Muslim rulers took just abandoned building , not running church ie spritual building . Still, it is safeguarded by muslims . Not burning down like Christians done and doing still now . Now, This is property of muslims 2). Aya Sofia is not the property of today's orthodox or Greeks. That place belongs to Greco-Ottaman's ancestors. That means, these ancestors accepted Islam and became muslim elites ( Greco- Ottoman ) in Ottoman rule. They played role in establishing broad Ottoman Empire. 3). Religion can not have property. Property actually belongs to people. Property of the religion can only be its holy book. So religion can claim only its holy book as its property. Immovable property always belongs to the people. So, Aya Sofia is not a religious issue. It is a property issue. This issue settled by new patriarch of Constantinople , Gennodios - II, in 1454 . He accepted the changes. He never even requested to return. Because, Hagia Sophia was occupied by catholic demons as per orthodox belief 4). Now to retake by Christian fanatics, there is no chance after Geneva agreement in 1942 or 1945 . It tells that no changes should be made in religious places after conquering others.
Commisioned by Emperor Justinian I between 532 and 537 during Byzantine Empire. Designed by Greek geometers Isidore and Anthemius. After the conquest of Constatinople in 1453 Mehmed II repurposed the Church as a Mosque
Good job the Turks added buttressing as the shoddy Greek design would have fallen down ages ago.
@@d333my Your historic and cultural inferiority can't hide. You can't also hide the fact that you live on other nation's lands, no matter how many genocides you have tried.
Since 1453 aya sofya...😃😃😃😃
Hagia Sophia is the second most Greek monument that is still standing, after the Parthenon itself. The Parthenon represents classical Greece. Hagia Sophia represents the Greek Byzantine Empire. It's kind of a Hubris the Turks have it by killing and expelling the Greeks while they disrespected it like that, turnt it into a Mosque. In Greece, we have the house who was born the "father of the Turks". We keep it spotless. We should have turnt it into a brothel. It's the only language uncivilized people understand. Unlucky he who has them as neighbors. Thankfully, we have nothing in common. An entire Sea is separating us, the Aegean Sea. Exactly like the Mediterranean Sea separates Southern Europe Greece/Italy/Spain to North Africa/Middle Eastern States/Turkey.
This will always be a church 🙏🙏🙏
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤true. Its a church. Always. You csnt change the fact. Its its soul❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Please do Mosque of Alhambra
Why would they need to keep the Ottoman defacing intact? Just remove all that Ottoman graffiti. That's all it really is.
It will be very interesting to see how and when this magnificent christian temple will serve Christ again!
Destruction is our beauty -Islam
Not once they mention it was romans who build this .. like wtf is even this
so sad to see one of most iconic churches to be stolen and converted into mosque
Are you equally critical and sesitiveabout the thousands of historical artifacts the Europeans plundered all over the world (inc. modern day Turkey) and put into their museums throughout Europe? And are you aware that they are still resisting to return them to their rightful places?
@@direniuswhy WOULD you build your MOSQUES in EUROPE???? WHY? You built your mosques on lands of other peoples and then you’re wondering why they are destroyed? LOL
Hagia Sophia was Not a church while takeover by conqueror. but abandoned building. No spritual was there while safeguarded ( not stolen ) by muslims . Look history. " a church ( Hagia Sophia) that had been avoided by the Orthodox since, in their view, the Catholics had contaminated it in December 1452, when the formal celebration of the union of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches had taken place. Since that fateful day it had been seen as the abode of demons and a pagan temple " " And the Great church was considered by them to be a refuge of demons and a Hellenic ( Pagan ) Temple ". Book : The siege and the fall of Constantinople in 1453 . Author Marios Philippides and Walter K . Hanak Edition : 2011 Page : 227 , 228 " The fact is that during the last months of Byzantine Constantinople, the Great Church had been avoided by the pious Orthodox, who had concluded that their cathedral had been contaminated by Catholic rites during the celebration of the union between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches in December 1452....... After the celebration of the union, the church never functioned properly and was regarded as the abode of demons and as a pagan temple, " and the Great Church was considered by them to be a refuge of demons and a Hellenic temple.............Santa Sophia became a focal point for the Greeks only after the Turks entered the city, when the population flocked there in search of asylum. " Evidence: Tears of the Great Church Author : Marios Philippides Page : 724 So , the Aya Sofia not stolen by muslims. That building ( Hagia Sophia ) was abandoned by orthodox patriarch and people. 1). Muslim rulers took just abandoned building , not running church ie spritual building . Still, it is safeguarded by muslims . Not burning down like Christians done and doing still now . Now, This is property of muslims 2). Aya Sofia is not the property of today's orthodox or Greeks. That place belongs to Greco-Ottaman's ancestors. That means, these ancestors accepted Islam and became muslim elites ( Greco- Ottoman ) in Ottoman rule. They played role in establishing broad Ottoman Empire. 3). Religion can not have property. Property actually belongs to people. Property of the religion can only be its holy book. So religion can claim only its holy book as its property. Immovable property always belongs to the people. So, Aya Sofia is not a religious issue. It is a property issue. This issue settled by new patriarch of Constantinople , Gennodios - II, in 1454 . He accepted the changes. He never even requested to return. Because, Hagia Sophia was occupied by catholic demons as per orthodox belief 4). Now to retake by Christian fanatics, there is no chance after Geneva agreement in 1942 or 1945 . It tells that no changes should be made in religious places after conquering others.
Amen🙏✝️✝️✝️✝️❤️ My. Favorite.
Christian church converted to Muslim Mosque what mystery in it
Greatest Ottoman achievement; I mean the looting of it.
If it wasn't for the Ottoman buttressing, the shoddy Greek design would've collapsed long ago.
aygia sophia is safe culturally as well as seismically inshaallah.
The skills of the ancients - It should have stayed a Museum or revert back to the people that laboured, paid for, created it. No doubt blood, sweat and tears went into its construction and maybe even lives.
that model can hardly represent the real building. different materials, different densities, different material-mortar ratio, real foundation, the mortar used in the Hagia Sofia have a long curing period, the setting of the whole structure over time, absence of additional walls and buildings surrounding acting as support, ... Significant corners have been cut in making that model.
DON’T let it be destroyed, Make supports under the main dome and orchids, before OR wait until the heavy EARTHQUAKE ….and save the mark of civilisations and evolution of human history ❤❤
if it makes the Turks holy by making this a mosque, so be it; but still they refused to recognize the horrors of Armenian genocide
Not only Armenians!!!!
People here fighting whether it should be a church or a mosque and insulting other cultures: what is your plan for working towards a more peaceful and tolerant world?
Koľko ľudí navštívilo toto miesto??? a čo vieme o jej HISTÓRII🤨
A form of forced conversion became institutionalized during the Ottoman Empire in the practice of devşirme, a human levy in which Christian boys were seized and collected from their families (usually in the Balkans), enslaved, forcefully converted to Islam, and then trained as elite military unit within the Ottoman.
Stolen land on borrowed time
Succes with outlasting time.
Stolen places in the world are clearly known: America, South America, Australia, etc.
Dont worry. We, as Eruopeans have more than enough stolen goods in our own museums.
@@direnius Well said brother. Vast majority of Europeans life on the back of the poverty in Africa.
Also USA, Australia, Canada are stolen lands.
Its Constantinople 🇬🇷🇬🇷
Was 😂 another salty ancestor of the Greek invasion of Anatolia. The descendants of the Hittites finally kicked you out.
i think i was there about 10 years ago it was not allowed to picture anything , but i did take photo for Moussa's stick anyway the policeman came talking blablabla and he was angry i didn't understand a word but i knew i have to turn phone off , he was really handsome i'm glad i did that
The big circular Quaranic discs are horribly incongruous
The Turk invaders were cave people
Not as horrible as the Christian cathedral plonked inside the great mosque in Cordoba Spain. Its awful.
haha cope
🇫🇷❤️🇮🇱it’s so true
@@helenamcginty4920✝️🇫🇷❤️🇮🇱nah it’s look it better as a cathedral maybe you should get your eyes tested 😊
Stop calling building,, "it was church "
The Greeks 🇬🇷 could have had the city during WWI if they took advantage and better strategy against the Ottoman Turkish 🇹🇷 forces led by Kemal Ataturk. God protects 💜 ⛪ Hagia Sophia💒💜. I am an Orthodox Christian and this place is holy for every Christian ☦. It was never meant to be a Mosque 🕌. The Population of Istanbul is 15,305,657 (ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΎΠΟΛΗ) Constantinople.
Rome was never meant to be christian
Why the documentary didn’t mention Mimar Sinan’s engineering which secured the building from collapse by supporting the building with east side minerates and the other supporting walls?
i was very surprise that they didn't mentioned at all. I find it strange.
How that building so strong!! Last earth quake in turk didn't destroy it!!
CONSSIDER THE GEOMETRY OF HAGIA SOPHIA, THEN NOTICE THAT THE VATICAN IN ROME HAS THE SAME BASIC GEOMETRY IN ALL OF IT´S SECTIONS, BUT LOOKING DIFFERENT UNTIL YOU REALLY STUDY THE STRUCTURE. BUT 1,000 YEARS LATER.
How proud Turkish are with Greek culture...
Yunan kulturu yok artik öldū😃😃😃
Indeed, the cultural inferiority of the Turkish nation has no parallel on a global scale.
@@tractorSazi 🤣🤣🤣 ve hâlâ Ölü Kültür'le gurur duyuyorsun... yazıklar olsun
@@tractorSaziYeah sure, now go pray in a Mosque carrying a Greek Orthodox name
It must be told everething about that fascinating architecture,to avoid the "apple of discordia".
We truly have an obsession with old structures. The money spent on this structure and how to keep it intact could have lifted some people out of poverty. Humans are strange.
Speaking from Costa Rica. Never knew anything about your country and I guess you haven't about mine... I'm guessing you are from Istanbul. This building make me want to visit Istanbul, and just with a little google search, discover 30 million people visit the church per year, not taking care of this place would be one of the most stupid think somebody would be capable to do...and also make a lot of people poor. Politely STFU!
Older than Islam ☪️
Actually the belief is that Islam was the only way of life since Abraham and laws were completed with last prophet. So with that belief it's not older than Islam.
@@AlphaBravoCharlie777 Older than Islam.
Does Turkey have an Armenian Genocide Museum? I'd love to go. There's so much beautiful history in Turkey.
Ermenilerin katlettigi turklerin mezarlari var gel gor
17:16 The worst part of that ... right in the shins! YEEEEEEOWWWWch!!!
It's construction has noting to do with today's istanbul or Turkey!
Except for the simple fact that it's in Turkey and Istanbul.
European and American constructions has nothing to do with today's Americans and Europeans.They all belong to Turks right.
Yes, but you know it's not a product of their culture or history, right? @@leftfield123
@@leftfield123 that's called imperialism and colonialism and it is not something to brag about.
@leftfield123 the operative word being construction
Perhaps there will be an earthquake in Istanbul, and the 4 minarets will crumble to the ground but the original structure will remain in all its original glory!
Agia Sophia stands as a symbol for Greek Christians. Always Greek
A symbol for Christ in the land.
Ave ROMAAAAA. What a amazing ROMAN Building.
WHAT IS SO DIFFICULT TO NAME THE CHURCH BY ITS PROPER NAME?? Is it so hard to say AGIA SOFIA???? It’s proper pronunciation? It upsets me how the British change names and pronunciations of our historical Greek names. 😢😢😢
So true. Its name and status should be restored. Greek building can't be claimed as a Muslim architecture wonder. Its a church forever. It's a Greek marvel. Hijacked by turkey
It says Hagia. Is it supposed to be Agia? Just trying to understand. ♥
@@frostflower5555yes it is supposed to be AGIA stands for SAINT🥰
@@induchopra3014 thank you 🥰
ΑΓΙΑ ΣΟΦΙΑ = AGHIA SOPHIA= Literally means GODS HOLY WISDOM = CHRIST.
it was the Cathedral and it will be again
Konstantinoupoli and not Istanbul. Turkey was Greece. Turks occupied this land and destroyed all.
Anglosaxons and Zionists occupied more land than we did and they did it just recently. Now shut up and live with it.
"Istanbul's Ancient Mystery"???? Wrong name
Well Roman Era is in between the borderline of what we call as "ancient" and what we consider as "non ancient". I think the 6th century is not considered "ancient" though...