Kwanan wata: 28.05.2025
Takaitaccen Tarihi
Sarkin sarakuna Justinian na I, wanda ya shahara don manyan ayyukan gine-ginen da ya yi kamar Hagia Sophia, ya ba da umarnin gina wannan coci tsakanin 527 zuwa 536 AD. Da farko mai suna Cocin Saints Sergius da Bacchus, ta girmama shahidai kiristoci biyu. Siffar majami'ar ta musamman, mai nuna kubba ta tsakiya, ta kasance mai ban mamaki a lokacin kuma mai yiyuwa ne ya rinjayi babban ginin Hagia Sophia.

Bayan da Ottoman suka kwace Konstantinoful a shekara ta 1453, an mayar da cocin zuwa masallaci, wanda aka fi sani da Kucuk Ayasofya Camii ko Masallacin karamar Hagia Sophia. Aka kara minarat da makarantar addini. Duk da kalubale kamar girgizar kasa da damshi, har ma da zama matsuguni a lokacin yake-yake, masallacin ya kasance wani muhimmin wurin tarihi sakamakon kokarin gyarawa.
Architectural Marvel
Daga waje, zanen Masallacin Little Hagia Sophia yana da sauƙi amma kyakkyawa, yana nuna dabarun gine-ginen zamaninsa. Tsarin yana da octagonal, tare da ƙaƙƙarfan kubba da ginshiƙai takwas ke goyan bayansa. Yayin da kuke gabatowa, wani fili mai ban sha'awa tare da ƙaramin lambun lambu da maɓuɓɓugan ruwa suna maraba da ku, yana samar da wuri mai natsuwa don ɗan dakata da kuma godiya da kewaye.

A ciki, darajar masallacin ta bayyana. Gidan wasan kwaikwayo mai hawa biyu tare da gefen arewa, yamma, da kudu an ƙawata shi da ginshiƙan ginshiƙan marmara na gargajiya da jajayen marmara na Synnadic. Waɗannan ginshiƙan, waɗanda ke nuna fasahar kere-kere na ƙarni da suka gabata, suna tallafawa kubba da aka haɗa zuwa sassa goma sha shida. Wani rubutu a cikin hexameters goma sha biyu na Girka yana girmama Sarkin sarakuna Justinian, matarsa Theodora, da Saint Sergius, yana ƙara mahimmancin tarihi ga ciki.
Labarai da Tatsuniyoyi
Yarinyar Hagia Sophia, ko da yake ba ta zama almara ba kamar babban takwararta, tana da rabonta na tatsuniyoyi masu ban sha'awa. Wani labari ya ba da labarin Sarkin sarakuna Justinian, wanda, kafin ya zama sarki, an zarge shi da cin amana. Saints Sergius da Bacchus sun bayyana ga Sarkin sarakuna Justin I a cikin mafarki, suna ba da shawarar rashin laifi na Justinian. Godiya ga tsoma bakinsu, Justinian ya sha alwashin gina coci don girmama su, wanda ya kai ga ƙirƙirar karamar Hagia Sophia.

Wani labari kuma ya nuna muhimmancin gine-ginen masallacin, yana mai nuni da cewa ya zama filin gwaji na fasahohin da aka kammala a babban Hagia Sophia. Ko da yake ba na allahntaka ba ne, wannan almara yana jaddada sabon ruhin gine-ginen Byzantine.
An ci gaba da yin waswasi na boye dukiyar da ke cikin katangar masallacin, wadanda ake kyautata zaton an boye su ne a lokacin daular Usmaniyya. Yayin da wanzuwar irin waɗannan taskoki ya kasance mara tabbas, labarin yana ƙara ma'anar asiri ga rukunin yanar gizon.