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   Spring / 2009   Number 49: 1-34 
© Ahmet Yesevi University Board of Trustees 
 
The Restorations at the Istanbul Ayasofya Mosque and 
the Documents Recording the Restoration Work during 
the Reign of Sultan Abdulmajid 
Sema Doğan
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Abstract:  The history of the St. Sophia Church, which is the most 
important building of Constantinople, the Byzantine capital, can be 
traced in the following construction phases: the first phase in the first 
half of the fourth century, the second phase at the beginning of the 
fifth century and the third phase in the sixth century. The church, 
which was able to remain intact through many restorations despite the 
natural damages it underwent until the Ottoman period, was 
transformed into a mosque after the conquest of Istanbul in 1453 by 
Sultan Mehmed II, the Conqueror. As the largest mosque of the city, 
the Hagia Sophia continued to be of great importance in the Ottoman 
Period. Although new chambers and architectural elements were 
added to the building until the nineteenth century, strong earthquakes 
led to damages in its structure.  
The restorations commissioned by Sultan Abdulmajid (1839-1861) 
have a great share in the building’s ability to remain intact until the 
present-day. The restorations started in 1847 with the appointment of 
two Swiss architect brothers and continued until 1858. This article 
emphasizes the significance of this building by tracing the restoration 
work as conveyed not only through the visual and written documents 
and publications of the Fossati brothers but also through the gravure 
images accompanying travel books written by travelers who visited 
Istanbul in the same period, the records in the Ottoman archives, the 
Ayasofya risales, and the paintings on the subject of the Ayasofya by 
artists of the period.  
 
Key Words: St. Sophia Church, Ayasofya Mosque, Abdulmajid, 
Fossati Brothers, restorations. 
 
                                           
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 Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Department of the History of Art / ANKARA 
 [e-mail] 
 
 

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