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The Hagia Sophia, a structure that has transcended time and purpose, stands today as a testament to human ambition and ...

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Turkey has begun what a minister has said, the “largest and most comprehensive” restoration and reinforcement effort on the dome of Hagia Sophia.

Hagia Sophia’s iconic dome, a majestic structure, is undergoing a restoration program, and it has to be a mega. Standing proudly for 1,486 years, Istanbul’s iconic building has undergone several ...

Istanbul's Hagia Sophia will undergo one of the largest renovations in centuries. The latter is even being considered the largest restoration in history. It is about the Grand Mosque, one of the most ...

The work on the dome of Hagia Sophia, which will begin in 2025, highlights the fundamental question to which the greatest architects of the time, Anthemios and Isidoros An unprecedented ...

Restoration efforts are underway at Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, focusing on the disassembly of the iconic dome's outer shell as part of an extensive project aimed at preserving its historical and ...

The urgency of restoration emerged last November, when the Turkish newspaper Birgün published a video showing fragments of the dome falling into the interior of Hagia Sophia.

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