17 Feb 2014
Pagi ini kami membuat perjalanan dari Bolu ke Istanbul. Ini adalah fasa terakhir pengembaraan kami di Turki sebelum bertolak balik ke Malaysia pada 19 Feb. Kami telah diatur untuk berada di sini selama 3 hari 2 malam.
Kembara Turki bermula dari Istanbul - Bursa ...... dan berakhir dengan perjalanan dari Bolu - Istanbul |
18 Feb 2014
Ini hari kedua kami di Istanbul. Hari ini kami dibawa membeli belah di Leather Shop, berkunjung ke St.Sophia Museum (Hagia Sophia/Aya Sofya), menaiki Bosphorus Cruise dan melawat Masjid Nuruosmaniye.
Pada sebelah paginya kami dibawa membeli-belah barangan kulit di sebuah kedai dan juga melawat kilangnya sekali. Shopping hari ini agak unik. Hanya kumpulan kami sahaja yang menjadi pelanggan kedai ini pada pagi ini. Selain menikmati teh yang dijamu sepertimana biasa, kami juga menjamu mata dengan menyaksikan model-model lelaki dan wanita berjalan di atas catwalk memperagakan koleksi pakaian mereka.
Ini salah seorang model lelakinya memperagakan koleksi KuZu Leather Fashion |
....... dan ini pula model perempuannya |
Ini pula kilangnya |
Bergambar kenangan dengan salah seorang pekerja |
Bergambar kenangan di pintu masuk bangunan Kuzu leather Fashion |
St.Sophia Museum (Hagia Sophia/Aya Sofya)
Aya Sofya .... pemandangan dari Sultanahmet Sguare |
Bersiap untuk masuk ...... tiket pun dah dapat |
Petikan daripada greatistanbul.com
Hagia Sophia means "Divine Wisdom" in Greek, this was an Orthodox church dedicated to holly wisdom, not to a Saint Sophia as some people wrongly call it today. Turkish people call it Aya Sofya, it's a former Byzantine church and former Ottoman mosque, now located in Sultanahmet neighborhood being one of the most important museums of Istanbul considered as a World Heritage by UNESCO. It is one of the greatest surviving examples of Byzantine architecture.
On May 29th, 1453, the Ottomans conquered Constantinople and sultan Mehmet II ordered to convert the church into a mosque. Because he admired the art, the sultan didn't want these great mosaics to be destroyed so he plastered them over and the Ottomans made their own floral designs or geometrical patterns, as well as Koranic calligraphy on top of the plaster. In order to use it as a mosque, Mihrab and Minbar were added inside, a fountain for the ablution was placed in the courtyard, and minarets were built in different periods in the outer corners of the building. A Koranic school, soup kitchen, library, madrasa, the clock-winding house, and sultan's mausoleums (belonging to Selim II, Murat III, Mehmet III, Mustafa I and Ibrahim) are amongst the structures added by the Ottomans. Also, large buttresses were built by Turkish architect Sinan in the 16th century to support the walls holding up the dome and to save the building from the earthquakes. The sultan's loge was added in the 19th century during the restoration of the mosque by the Swiss origin Fossati brothers.
Aya Sofya remained a mosque for almost 500 years until 1935 when Atatürk converted it into a museum so everybody could come to visit this architectural masterpiece and admire both Christian and Muslim art. Prayer rugs were removed from the marble floor and experts came from all around the world to remove some of the plaster in order to uncover spectacular Byzantine mosaics. It was, and still is, an important task during the restorations bringing to light all the major Byzantine mosaics but also preserving the Islamic art and calligraphy to maintain a balance between both Christian and Islamic cultures.
Jom masuk!
Imperial Gate - mozek di atas pintu menggambarkan watak dari era Byzantine serta Nabi Isa dan kata-kata dari kitab Injil .... "Peace be with you, I am the light of the world" |
Bahagian luar - di hadapan Imperial Gate |
Bahagian dalam |
Tempayan besar di sebelah kanan itu dibawa dari Pergamon (sebuah kota lama di Greek) Tempayan khas yang digunakan dalam upacara keagamaan ketika proses penyucian seseorang (Lustration Urn) |
Kubah utama dihias dengan seni Islam manakala di 4 penjuru kubah adalah gambar Hexapterygon (six winged angel) dari elemen Keristian Kawasan ini masih lagi melalui proses membaik pulih |
There are 4 seraphim mosaics ( God's protector angels with 6 wings) on the 4 pendentives that carry the dome. The 4 seraphims' faces were covered with 6-7 layers of plaster for almost 160 years during the sovereignty of Ottomans. The last person who saw the faces of the Seraphims was the Swiss architect Gaspare Fossati while he was holding the restoration at Hagia Sophia in 1840s. With a 10 day hard work, experts managed to take off the 7 layers of plasters and reveal the face of one of the seraphims.
Bulatan piring dengan tulisan khat Allah dan Muhammad itu dibuat daripada kayu - digantung sebagai hiasan dalaman masjid pada kurun ke-19 |
Ini pula piring kayu dengan tulisan khat Hasan dan Husin |
Coronation Square - dipercayai maharaja-maharaja Byzantine ditabalkan di sini |
Tiang dengan simbol pagan |
Sebenarnya dalam bangunan ini banyak terdapat simbol-simbol pagan kerana banyak daripada strukturnya dibuat daripada bahan-bahan kitarsemula, yang diambil daripada saki-baki kuil-kuil, seperti tiang-tiang dan batu, dari seluruh empayar Rom. Adalah dipercayai tindakan ini bertujuan sebagai satu kenyataan kepada dunia; Keristianiti mengatasi paganisma.
Mozek di siling yang ada elemen Keristian |
Mimbar |
Mozek yang terdapat di atas pintu masuk dari sebelah selatan-barat Ia menggambarkan Mariam dan anak kecilnya Isa bersama maharaja Byzantine - Constantine dan Justinian 1 |
Binaan air pancut sebagai tempat wuduk |
Selesai lawatan di sini, kami ke masjid Nuruosmaniye untuk solat zohor-asar. Kita jumpa di sana dalam entri yang lain insya Allah.
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