Istanbul · 532–537
Hagia Sophia
Holy Wisdom, Justinian's great church.
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Lighting the candles…
History
- Style
- Byzantine
- Tradition
- Byzantine → Islamic → Museum → Mosque
- Country
- Türkiye
Built in under six years for Emperor Justinian by Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus.
The seat of the Ecumenical Patriarch for nine centuries; a mosque from 1453, a museum from 1934, and a mosque again since 2020.
Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (Hagia Sophia Mars 2013.jpg), under its listed licence.
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