Çiğdem Özkan Aygün. Подземный Собор Святой Софии: система водоснабжения

Subterranean Hagia Sophia: Revealing the Waters below Hagia Sophia A BIAA Online Lecture by Çiğdem Özkan Aygün (İstanbul Technical University), and Discussant: James Crow (University of Edinburgh). Since 2005, Çiğdem Özkan Aygün has directed the interdisciplinary survey of subterranean remains in the area of Hagia Sophia, also supported by speleologists, professional photographers and divers. During this talk, Çiğdem will explain the subterranean structures and their relation to the water supply system, present their 3D models and show a short documentary. Most of the finds were new to scholarship and unexpectedly rich and informative about the history and the construction techniques of the structures. They have opened a door into the monument’s unexplored relation with water management. This survey has proven that the area of Hagia Sophia was strategic in water supply distribution over the first hill of the city where the ancient water