 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Apo vaOttoman vakanga vakunda Constantinople, vakawana machechi echiKristu echiByzantine akasiyana-siyana, rakakura kupfuura ose uye rinonyanya kuzivikanwa pakati pawo raiva Hagia Sophia. Mbabvu dzezvidhinha-nemarata uye goko rinopoteredza dombo repakati reHagia Sophia rakavakwa panguva imwe chete, sechivako chinozvitsigira pasina chero nzvimbo yemapuranga. Muchechi yokutanga yeByzantium yeHagia Irene, mbabvu dzedumba dzakabatanidzwa zvizere muhomwe, dzakafanana nedzimba dzokuMadokero dzeRoma, uye naizvozvo hadzionekwi kubva mukati meimba. Muchivako cheHagia Sophia, mbabvu neganda zvedumba zvinobatana mune medallion yepakati pachigadziko chedumba, magumo epamusoro embabvu achibatanidzwa muchikanda; goko nembabvu zvinoumba chinhu chimwe chete chechimiro. Muzvivako zvapashure zveByzantium, zvakadai seMosque yeKalenderhane, Mosque yeEski Imaret yaimbova Monastery yaKristu Pantepoptes kana Monastery yePantokrator nhasi Mosque yeZeyrek, medallion yepakati ye apex uye mbabvu dzedome yakava zvinhu zvakasiyana zvekuvaka: mbabvu dzakanyanya kutaurwa uye dzinosangana nemenduru yepakati, iyo inomirawo zvakanyanya, kuitira kuti kuvaka kwese kunopa fungidziro sekunge mbabvu nemenduru zvakaparadzaniswa, uye zvinotsigira, goko rakakodzera redome. Matenga akashongedzwa zvakaisvonaka uye mukati medzimba dzomukati zvinokwevera pesvedzero kubva kuNear East neMediterranean yekushongedza kwezvivakwa ukuwo zvichishanda sekuratidzira kwakajeka uye kwokufananidzira kwedenga. Aya mavara ezvokuvaka akaumbwa nedumba aigona kuonwa muzvivako zvokutanga zvechiIslam zvakadai seQusayr amra c.71215 uye Khirbat al-mafjar c.72443. 