Hagia Sophia

Name of structure: Hagia Sophia
Extended name of structure: Now Orhan Mosque
Type of structure: Church now a mosque
Country or main area: Turkey
Region within country or main area: Bursa
City or area within region: Iznik
Date of structure: 6th century
Century of structure 1: 6 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: North wall of nave
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Fragments of mosaic found during excavations in the 1930s
Date of mosaic: Unknown
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Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site:
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site:
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
Samples taken from where?
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources: Möllers,Sabine, Die Hagia Sophia in İznik, Nikaia (Alfter: 1994) references Schneider:
Schneider, Alfons Maria and Walter Karnapp, Die Stadtmauer von Iznik, Nicaea (Berlin: Archäologisches institut des Deutschen reiches, 1938)
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