. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . MARBLE STAIRCASE IN THE SULTANSPALACE. THE HOLY LAND, TURKEY, AND GREECE. 397 himself residing in the new palace on the Bosphorus, oppositeScutari. The Mosque of St. Sophia was originally a Christian church,erected in honor of the Divine Wisdom. It was built by theEmperor Justinian, between the years 531 and 538. It is in theform of a Greek cross, 270 feet long by 243 feet wide, and issurmounted by a central dome which rises 180 feet above thefloor. The building has, also, two larger and
. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . MARBLE STAIRCASE IN THE SULTANSPALACE. THE HOLY LAND, TURKEY, AND GREECE. 397 himself residing in the new palace on the Bosphorus, oppositeScutari. The Mosque of St. Sophia was originally a Christian church,erected in honor of the Divine Wisdom. It was built by theEmperor Justinian, between the years 531 and 538. It is in theform of a Greek cross, 270 feet long by 243 feet wide, and issurmounted by a central dome which rises 180 feet above thefloor. The building has, also, two larger and six smaller semi-domes, and four tall minarets, the latter added by the Moham-medans. From without, the edifice presents a magnificent. CATHEDRAL (NOW THE MOSQUE) OF ST. SOPHIA, CONSTANTINOPLE. appearance. The interior is very handsome, but the effect ismarred by the numerous cords which hang from the ceiling towithin five feet of the floor, suspending lamps of colored glass,ostrich eggs, artificial horse tails, and other ornaments admiredby the faithful. The roof rests upon one hundred and seventycolumns of marble, granite, and porphyry, many of which weretaken from Roman temples. The church, though undoubt-edly one of the grandest religious edifices in the world, has agloomy and forbidding aspect. The Mosques of Suleiman, the Magnificent; of Sultan Ach- 398 AROUND THE WORLD. med, and of Mohammed II., are noted edifices. The first namedis the most beautiful in Constantinople. The Bazaars of Constantinople are among its chief consist of large fireproof buildings lighted from above,in which hundreds of tradesmen and shopkeepers retail theirwares, and some of which enclose several covered
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