hagia sophia floorplan cultural travel guide

Ablutions fountain

Mausoleum of Murad III

Mausoleum of Selim II

Library of Mahmud I

Brick minaret

Mausoleum of Mehmet III

Vestibule of the WarriorsEntrance

Coronationsquare

Muhammad

Mihrab pointing to Mecca

Imperial entranceMosaic of

Christ with Leo

Mosaic ofthe Bishops Mosaic ofVirgin and Child

Mosaic ofChrist with RulersMosaic ofMary with Rulers

Mosaic ofDesis Mosaic

Mosaic ofMary with Emperors

Mosaic ofArchangel Gabriel

Allah

Muezzin gallery

Minbar (Pulpit)

Dome Apse

Sovereign loge

Marble pulpit built by Murad IV

Minaret

Minaret

Northern gallery (Upper level)

Southern gallery (Upper level)

Skeuophylakion (Treasury)

Minaret

Outer narthex

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Ramp to the upper galleries

Sweating column

Baptistry (Today Tomb of Sultan Mustafa and Sultan Ibrahim)

Excavation of earlier church, second Hagia Sophia

Inner narthex

West gallery (Upper level)

Exit

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SOUTH SIDE

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Floorplan

Legend

Names of roundels

Mosaics withtheir name

Minarets

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CARDINAL POINT

Features of the ground level

Features of the upper level

Upper level