Architectural elements

Restoring the dome of Hagia Sophia is an immensely complex task, requiring extensive scientific research and advanced technical expertise. As Greek experts point out, one additional challenge is that the dome had already collapsed three times in the Byzantine era, resulting in its composition of four sections from different periods.

The iconic dome of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul will be dismantled as part of an extensive restoration project to preserve the historic monument's structural integrity, Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported.

The restoration and reinforcement work on the church has been completed, allowing it to reopen to the public. The ceremony, organized by the Metropolis of Grevena in collaboration with the Municipality of Grevena, took place yesterday, on the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos.

As you slow to a crawl, a couple of chimney stacks come into view, the final remnants of a large building a few feet from the road’s shoulder

It has examples of all three classical orders of the Greek architecture