Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia is a Turkish mosque where the Little Einsteins went to fly accelerando on their first mission.

Location Summary[]

In How We Became the Little Einsteins: The True Story, the Little Einsteins flew by Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey before flying to Mount Everest to press the high note music to fly over Mount Everest.

Episode Appearance[]

How We Became the Little Einsteins: The True Story

History[]

Built between 532 and 537, Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom, Ayasofya) represents a brilliant moment in Byzantine architecture and art. It was the principal church of the Byzantine Empire in its capital, Constantinople (later Istanbul), and a mosque after the Ottoman Empire conquered the city in 1453. The decision of the Turkish government in 1934 to establish Ayasofya as a museum was intended to make it a repository of human history—all human history, not a single history confined to one religion or people. Recently, this decision was annulled, turning the building again into a mosque.

With the passage of time, Hagia Sophia has become deeply embedded in competing narratives of national, regional, religious, and cultural significance. Selective readings of cultural heritage, however, can effectively erase historical memory and sever links with the past. As a monument on the world stage, it should be allowed to maintain multiple meanings, to resonate with multiple narratives and histories for diverse audiences. This exceptional building belongs to world cultural heritage.

Between 1931 and 1949, work was undertaken by the Byzantine Institute of America (founded by Thomas Whittemore in 1930) to reveal and preserve the mosaics of Hagia Sophia. Dumbarton Oaks, with its legacy of displaying, studying, and publishing all aspects of Byzantium, assumed the oversight of the Hagia Sophia project in 1953 and since then has been documenting every facet of this building and its artistic and historical record. Dumbarton Oaks houses an exceptionally important archive of data on the building in all its significant dimensions. We are in the process of making freely available online the extensive body of sources from, documentation of, and scholarship on Hagia Sophia collected and generated by the Byzantine Institute and Dumbarton Oaks.

This introductory webinar brings together scholars who have actively promoted research on the Hagia Sophia and will cover historical facts, Dumbarton Oaks’ involvement, and the issues related to the recent reconversion of the monument.

Notes[]

The mosque in this show looks like the blue mosque.

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Main Locations	Tree Entrance • Spiral Pole, Slide, Elevator, and Fire Pole • Tunnels to the Rocket Room • The Rocket Room • Rocket's Garage • Rocket Interior • Rocket's Runway • The Curtain Call (Location) • The World
Little Einsteins Location	Acacia Tree • Annie's Room • Barn Near Houston • Brick House • Bumpy Race Track • Butterfly Mailbox • Buyan • Candy Cane Field • Carnival Parade • Caterpillar Wheat Field • Chinese Animal Field • Claw Machine with Eggs • Crab Trap • Crossing Gate • Cuckoo Clock • Curtain Call (location) • Dessert Factory • Drawbridge • Elephant Field • Elephant Traps • Fence near Lake Huron • Field of Cows • Field with Musical Grass • Field with Ostrich • Field with Toy Train • Forte Giant's Bedroom • Forte Giant's Castle • Forte Giant's Hallway • Forte Giant's Kitchen • Forte Giant's Tower • Gingerbread House • Giraffe Field • Good Knight's Booby Trap Room • Good Knight's Castle • Good Knight's Drawbridge Entrance • Good Knight's Tower • Grandma Rocket's House • Haystack Field • Hot Air Balloon • Hot Sand Trail • Hourglass • Ice Floe • Invitation Tree • Italian Zoo • Jaipur Elephant Festival • Joey's Tree • June's House • June's Room • Katschai's Castle • Koala Tree • Little Mouse's Stage • Leo and Annie's House • Leo's Room • Little Red Door • Loch Ness Monster's Lake • Loop the Loop Sky • Mama Duck's Nest • Mama Pterodactyl's Nest • Medieval Camp of the Derby Race • Medieval Castle • Melody's Pet Party • Mouse King's Castle • Mouse King’s Jail Cell • Multi-path Musical Road • Music Note Trail • Musical Road • Musical Road Gate • The Musical Roller Coaster • Musical Roller Coaster Signs • Musical Tree of Many Colors • Navajo Maze • Nest • Netherlands Beach • Netherlands Shore • Netherlands Windmill • Old Log Bridge • Orchestra Ocean • Pasta Restaurant • Pet Train Station • Pirate Treasure Island • Playground • Polish Grassland • The Popcorn Machine • Prehistoric Land • Princess Bassoon's Castle • Punto Tombo • Puppet Stage • Quincy's House • Quincy's Room • Rain Cloud • Rhinoceros Field • Rhythm Gate • Sandbox • Serengeti National Park • Silly Clothes Circus • Sky with Music Notes • Statue of the Unicorn • Stick House • Stormy Beach • Straw House • Super Bubbles • Sunflower Field • Sunset Mountain and Trees • Tanzania Grassland • The Bridge • The Musical Gas Station • The Gate of Hidden Instruments • The Golden Pyramid • The Great Sky Race • The Great Sky Race Hangar • The Great Sphinx • The Monaco Grand Prix • The Northern Lights • The Pet Train • The Preschool • The Unfinished Bridge • Three Little Piggies' Barn • Totem Pole Forest • Toy Prince Ballet Stage • Track Switch • Train Junction • Village of Dancing Shapes • Wind Circle • Wind Gust • Wind Storm • Wizard's Workshop • Wooden Bridge • Yellow Leaved Tree
Art Location	Tree of Life • The Peaceable Kingdom • Tiger in a Tropical Storm • The Shore at Bas Butin, Honfleur • Tahitian Landscape • The Great Wave off Kanagawa • The Merry Jesters • Chinese Paintings • Navajo Basket • The Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun • September: Harvesting Grapes • Expectation • Ancient Greek and Roman Mosaics • Chessboard with Flower Boarder • The Starry Night • Watercolor Paintings of Venice • Venice Painting Bridge • Australian Aboriginal Arts • Road from Saint-Simeon Farm in Winter • Mountains and Rivers • Sunflowers • On the River Greta • St. Jerome by the Pollard Willow • Woodcut of Rhinoceros • Pool in the Woods • The Scream • Wheat Field with Cypresses • Navajo Maze • The Wave • Fish Paintings • Kuna Molas • Water Lilies • Leonardo da Vinci's Drawings • Chinese Paper Arts • Langlois Bridge • Untitled 1988 • The Vines • Whirlpool and Waves at Naruto Awa Province • Variegated Black • Moonrise • Landscape near Murnau • Ancient Egyptian Architectures and Sculptures • Circles in Circle • Bedroom in Arles • Arboretum by Flashbulb • A Report from Rockport • Vesuvius • Haystacks at the End of Summer, Morning Effect • Glance of a Landscape • The Lady with the Unicorn and Other Medieval Tapestries • Ancient Roman Mosaics • Train Paintings • Mayan Architectures • Javanese Shadow Forest • Improvisation
Famous Buildings	Alte Brucke • Amazon Theatre • Arc de Triomphe • Bran Castle • Buckingham Palace • Casa de Guarda • Cathedral of the Annunciation • Coit Tower • Château de Chambord • Colosseum • Edinburgh Castle • Egyptian Obelisk • Forbidden City • Gate of Divine Prowess • Golden Gate Bridge • Hagia Sophia • Himeji Castle • Kennedy Center • Kronborg Castle • Lincoln Center • Louvre Museum • Musical Toll Gate • Neuschwanstein Castle • Palace of Versailles • Paris Metro • Petronas Twin Towers • Red Fort • Schönbrunn Palace • Schönbrunn Palace Ball Room • Space Needle • St. Basil's Cathedral • St. Louis Arch • Sydney Opera House • Taj Mahal • The Violin Entrance • The Eiffel Tower • The Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium • The Laurentian Library • The Leaning Tower of Pisa • The Statue of Liberty • The United Nations • Tahoto Pagoda • Tokyo Big Sight • Torii Gate • Versailles Hall of Mirrors • Winter Palace
Canyons and Stone Landmarks	Aswan High Dam • Australian Trees and Rocks • Canyonlands National Park • Cataract Canyon • El Castillo • Mons Klint • Mount Rushmore • Machu Picchu • Pancake Rocks • Parthenon • Statue of Pharaoh Ramesses II • Stonehenge • Temple of Ramesses III • The Grand Canyon • The Great Pyramid • The Great Wall of China • Verdon Gorge
Caves and Tunnels	Arctic Tunnel • Australian Tunnel • Cueva de los Cristales • Dinosaurs Cave • Dragon's Cave • Ica Stone Tunnel • Ice Cave • Ice Tunnel • Maui Cave • Moinhos Velhos Cave • Musical Tunnel • Navajo Tunnel • Oklahoma Cave • Newspaper Rock • Sarawak Chamber • The Underwater Tunnel • Undersea Tunnel • Utah Cave
Water Location	Amazon River • Arabian Sea • Atlantic Ocean • Beach Near Orchestra Ocean • Comoe Waterfall • Crescendo Wave • Danube River • Geyser Field • Floating Gardens of Xochimilco • Hippopotamus Lake • Icky and Spooky Bog • Hermit Crab Beach • Kiholo Bay • Komoe River • Lake Baikal • Lake Durankulak • Lake Huron • Lilly Pad Pond • Niagara Falls • Niagara River • Nile River • Open Ocean • Ozark Wetland • Pacific Ocean • Pirate Island • Ponte di Rialto • Rhine River • Rocket Waterfall • San Francisco Pier • Sand Bar Buoy • Seashore Beach • School of Puffer Fish • Stormy Sea • Sunken Ship • The Great Barrier Reef • The Ocean • Trumpet Wave • Underwater Danube River • Underwater Iceberg • Underwater Paths • Wavy Ocean with Whirlpool • Whale Dock • Yangtze River • Yellowstone National Park • Yellow Angel Fish's Coral Reef • Zambezi River
Desert	Sahara Desert • Thar Desert
Forest	Amazon Forest • Bialowieza Forest • Big Woods of Arkansas • Black Forest • Comoe National Forest • Cuckoo Clock Forest • Dark and Spooky Forest • Dragonflies Forest • Enchanted Forest • Forest in Russia • Forest in Switzerland • Forest Near Germany • Forest Near Lapland • Forest with Tall Mountains • Instrument Forest • Maori Sculpture Forest • Maui Rainforest • Nocturnal Animal Forest • Peaceable Forest • Rattlesnake Forest • Redwood Forest • River Forest • Rock Forest • Sap Tree Forest • Snake Basket Forest • Snapping Flower Forest • Snapping Traps Forest • Spooky Forest • Spooky Snowy Forest • Stone Guards Forest • Swinging Branch Forest • Tiger Jungle • Toadstool Forest • Tropical Rainforest • Vine Forest
Mountains and Volcanoes	Austrian Alps • Altai Mountains • Andes Mountains • Bald Eagle Mountain • Boulder Mountain • French Alps • Indonesia Volcano • K2 • Matterhorn • Mauna Loa Volcano • Mount Cook • Mount Everest • Mount Fuji • Mount Kilimanjaro • Mount McKinley • Mount Bromo • Mount Saint Helens • Mountain near Lapland • Netherlands Mountain • Olympus Mons • Ozark Mountains • Polar Bear Mountain • Ponta do Pico • Prehistoric Volcano • Slippery Snowflakes • Snow Bumps Mountain • Starry Mountain • Switzerland Gondola • Top of Mount Everest • Toy Soldier Mountain • Uluru • Ural Mountains
Garden	June's Garden • The Garden • Morning Garden • Little Red Door Treasure Map Garden • Baby Bugs' Garden • Enchanted Garden • Good Knight's Garden • International Butterfly Garden • Spider Web Garden • Stone Zen Garden
Cities	Agra • Alsace • Atlanta • Barcelona • Bavaria • Chambord • Champs-Élysées • Chichén Itzá • Cremona • Delhi • Edinburgh • Florence • Houston • Huairou • Istanbul • London • Moscow • New York City • Paris • Petra • Prague • Rio de Janeiro • Rome • San Francisco • San Francisco Traffic • Seattle • Siberia • Sydney • Tempe • Tokyo • Transylvania • Venice • Versailles • Vienna • Washington, D.C.
USA States, Nation, Islands, Regions, and Continents	Africa • Asia • Europe • Galapagos Island • North America • Oceania • Scandinavia • South America • Antarctica • Arctic • Argentina • Austria • Australia • Brazil • Bulgaria • Canada • China • Czech Republic • Denmark • Egypt • Finland • France • Germany • Greece • Iceland • India • Indonesia • Ireland • Italy • Ivory Coast • Japan • Jordan • Kazakhstan • Kenya • Malaysia • Mexico • Monaco • Mongolia • Nepal • Netherlands (Holland) • New Zealand • Norway • Pakistan • Peru • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • Saint Lucia • Scotland • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Tanzania • Trinidad and Tobago • Turkey • Ukraine • United Kingdom • United States of America • Zambia • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Georgia • Hawaii • Missouri • New York State • Oklahoma • South Dakota • Texas • Utah • Washington State • Wyoming • Patagonia Region
Outer Space Locations	Outer Space • The Solar System • The Sun • Mercury • Venus • Earth • The Moon • Mars • Asteroids • Jupiter • Saturn • Uranus • Neptune • Pluto • Meteor Field • Space Goo • Star Filled Shortcut • Crab Nebula • Dust Storm • Planet Robot • Swirling and Rolling Wind
Carnival Locations	The Carnival • Roller Coaster • Fun House • Petting Zoo • The Popcorn Machine • Merry Go Round