11. Sınıf Cem Yayınları İngilizce Ders Kitabı Sayfa 89 Cevabı 2017 – 2018 Yeni Müfredat
11. Sınıf Cem Yayınları İngilizce Ders Kitabı Sayfa 89 Cevabı
What are the most famous mosques that you know or visited?
2 What makes these mosques unique and beautiful?
E Read the text and insert the sentences.
a. He ordered this main church of Orthodox Christianity converted into a mosque.
b. It attracts almost 3.3 million visitors annually.
c. It was then opened as a museum on 1 February 1935.
d. The Byzantine architecture of the Hagia Sophia served as inspiration for many other Ottoman mosques such as the Blue Mosque and the Suleymaniye Mosque.
V
Hagia Sophia was a Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal church which was later converted into an Ottoman mosque and now, it serves as a museum in İstanbul, Turkey. From the date of its construction in 537 AD, and until 1453, it served as an Orthodox cathedral and seat of the Patriarch of Constantinople. The building was a mosque from 29 May 1453 until 1931.
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It is famous for its massive dome and considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture and is said to have “changed the history of architecture”. It remained the worlds largest cathedral for nearly a thousand years, until Seville Cathedral was completed in 1520.
In 1453, Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II.
2……………………………………………….. The bel Is, altar,
iconostasis, and sacrificial vessels and other relics were removed and the mosaics depicting Jesus, his Mother Mary, Christian saints and angels were also removed or plastered over. Islamic features such as the mihrab, minbar and four minarets were added.
From its initial conversion until the construction of nearby Sultan Ahmed Mosque in 1616, it
was the principal mosque of Istanbul. 3………………………………………………These unique mosques are
also considered to be as magnificent as Hagia Sophia all around the world.
Now, serving as a museum of the Republic of Turkey, Hagia Sophia is one of the most visited
museums in Turkey. 4……………………………………………According to the data released by the Turkish
Culture and Tourism Ministry, Hagia Sophia was Turkeys most visited tourist attraction in 2015.
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