데살로니가 성 소피아 성당(Hagia Sophia, Thessaloniki)

Hagia Sophia church was erected in the 8th century AD based on the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey). Hagia Sophia is one of 15 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the city  (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia,_Thessaloniki)

 

The Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) in Thessaloniki, Greece, is one of the oldest churches in that city still standing today. It is one of several monuments in Thessaloniki included as a World Heritage Site on the UNESCO list. Since the 3rd century, there was a church in the location of the current Hagia Sophia. In the 8th century, the present structure was erected, based on the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey). In 1205, when the Fourth Crusade captured the city, the Hagia Sophia was converted into the cathedral of Thessaloniki, which it remained after the city was returned to the Byzantine Empire in 1246. After the capture of Thessaloniki by the Ottoman Sultan Murad II on 29 March 1430, the church was converted into a mosque. It was reconverted to a church upon the liberation of Thessaloniki in 1912. Its ground plan is that of a domed Greek cross basilica. Together with the Gül and the Kalenderhane Mosques in Istanbul and the destroyed Church of the Dormition in Nicaea, it represents one of the main architectural examples of this type, typical of the Byzantine middle period. In the Iconoclastic era, the apse of the church was embellished with plain gold mosaics with only one great cross, similarly to the Hagia Irene in Constantinople and the Church of the Dormition in Nicaea. The cross was substituted with the image of the Theotokos (God-bearer, or Mary) in 787-797 after the victory of the Iconodules. The mosaic in the dome now represents the Ascension of Jesus Christ with the inscription from Acts 1:11 "Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?". The dome is ringed by the figures of all Twelve Apostles, the Virgin Mary and two angels. Much of the interior decoration was plastered over after the Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917. The dome was not restored until 1980

 

The Hagia Sophia          (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaloniki) 

 

그리스 북부 테살로니키에 있는 비잔틴 성당으로 ‘성스러운 지혜’의 뜻이다. 건축은 8세기 초의 것으로 봄. 원개십자형식(⇒그리스 십자식 성당)의 초기작의 하나로서 원상을 잘 보존하고 있다. 아프시스의 천정은 최초로 인상 표현을 꺼린 성상논쟁(이코노클래즘) 시기에 대십자가 만을 나타냈으나 논쟁종료 후에는 오늘날에 보이는 성모자상으로 대치되었다. 또한 돔도 같이 9세기의 『성천』도로 장식되고 있다. 그 양식은 레온 6세(Leon VI, Philosophos, 재위 886~912) 때의 수도 콘스탄티노폴리스에 있는 하기아 소피아 대성당의 나르텍스 장식에 가까우며 마케도니아 조 초기회화를 아는 중요한 단서가 되고 있다.” (출처: 미술대사전)

 

View from Agias Sofias Square          (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia,_Thessaloniki)

 

View from Agias Sofias Square          (출처-http://orthodoxwiki.org/Church_of_Hagia_Sophia_(Thessalonica,_Greece))

 

View from the back         (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia,_Thessaloniki)

 

Entrance        (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia,_Thessaloniki)

 

Interior view of Hagia Sophia          (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia,_Thessaloniki)

 

The dome with the impressive mosaic (9th century)     (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia,_Thessaloniki)

 

Interior 지성소        (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia,_Thessaloniki)

 

The mosaic of the arch (11th century)        (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia,_Thessaloniki)

 

Mosaic of the church           (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia,_Thessaloniki)