Writing Poem to Stones../Columns of Haghia Sophia
On the Picture , you can see Columns of Haghia Sophia. This columns are the piece of Byzantine's art. On the other hand columns symbolize the Empire's power.In Hagia Sophia, there are 140 monolithic columns which were brought from different places of the world. For instance; the 8 porphyry columns whose color of purple symbolize nobility of the Byzantine Empire, are from Egypt and stand under semi domes. There are also 8 green columns from Artemis Temple in Ephesus. The capitals of the columns are carved with acanthus and palm tree leaves and the monograms of the emperors (Justinian & Theodora) appear on them. None of the bowl capitals are identical..