Hagia Sophia (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality)

Turkey / Istanbul / Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality / Ayasofya Meydanı, 1
 museum, mosque, UNESCO World Heritage Site, 6th century construction, tourist attraction
Sultan Ahmet, Ayasofya Meydanı
34122 Fatih/İstanbul, Turkey
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Hagia Sophia (Turkish: Ayasofya, from the Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, "Holy Wisdom"; Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia) is a former patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. Famous in particular for its massive dome, it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. It was the largest cathedral in the world for nearly a thousand years, until the completion of the Seville Cathedral in 1520. The current building was originally constructed as a church between 532 and 537 A.D. on the orders of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, and was in fact the third Church of the Holy Wisdom to occupy the site (the previous two had both been destroyed by riots). It was designed by two architects, Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles. The Church contained a large collection of holy relics and featured, among other things, a 50 foot (15 m) silver iconostasis. It was the patriarchal church of the Patriarch of Constantinople and the religious focal point of the Eastern Orthodox Church for nearly 1000 years.
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Hagia Sophia: Turkey turns iconic Istanbul museum into mosque at 10 July 2020. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the decision after a court annulled the site's museum status.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia
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Coordinates:   41°0'30"N   28°58'47"E

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  • nice painting but please no business advertisements.
  • 'Hagia Sophia Museum' that is what you see on the wall when you go to this place or took your ticket.
  • You will probably see the same in the Louvre or in Prado.
  • You are not cooperative at all. Louvre is called The Louvre Museum in Wikimapia.
  • I guess you ment consistent instead of cooperative? You and me know how artificial the adding museum is. It is added 1) to stay out of the discussion church vs. mosque 2) to collect money for the very costy restauration works.
  • Hagia Sophia is one of the great buildings the peolpe ever build.
  • The fact is the building is converted to a Mosque. The Mosque was the most important mosque in Istanbul (Constantiniye) for hundreds of years in Ottoman Times. It is protected and renewed and repaired many times as a mosque, added minarets and that how it could surivive thousands of years. Served more years as a mosque than a cathedral than a museum.
  • @ Mustafa: ("Served more years as a mosque than a cathedral than a museum") The Building of Hagia Sophia you still see today, served for 916 years (1453-537) as Church, 481 years (1934-1453) as mosque and 75 years (2009-1934) as museum. Simple arithmetic dude... (arithmetic: from the Greek word αριθμός = number)
  • @Prokop, also consider that Hagia Sophia existed as a smaller Church for centuries before Justinian erected the cathedral.
  • This place is great.
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