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Hagia Sophia (Turkish: Ayasofya; Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia; lit. ' Holy Wisdom '), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque,(Turkish: Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi; Greek: Μεγάλο Τζαμί της Αγίας Σοφίας), is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.
Name City Country Age Notes Hagia Sophia: Constantinople (): Turkey: 6th c. Turned into a mosque after 1453, was a museum and now it is reverting to a mosque.
Church of St. Mary Draperis, Istanbul; Cathedral of the Holy Spirit; Church of SS Peter and Paul, Istanbul; Church of Saint Benoit, Istanbul; Crimea Memorial Church; Hagia Triada Greek Orthodox Church, Istanbul; Church of St. Mary of the Mongols; Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople; Church of St. George; Church of St. Mary of the Spring ...
Hagia Sophia is a mosque and former church in Istanbul, Turkey. Hagia Sophia or Saint Sophia may ... (1788), a cathedral in Pushkin, St. Petersburg; Saint Sophia ...
Air pollution in Turkey, such as fine dust from traffic, is a serious problem in Istanbul. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Although the historic peninsula was partially pedestrianised in the early 21st century, [ 3 ] a 2015 study found that this is the part of the city which would benefit most from a low emission zone . [ 4 ]
It was an Orthodox church until the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, then a mosque until 1935, then a museum and then from 2020 a mosque again, as well as being a Roman Catholic cathedral for some decades after the Fourth Crusade of 1204.
Cisterna Basilica is located to the west of Hagia Sophia and is of a similar size. The square on the left of the map marks the location of the Cistern of Philoxenos.. The Basilica Cistern, or Cisterna Basilica (Greek: Βασιλική Κινστέρνα, Turkish: Yerebatan Sarnıcı or Yerebatan Sarayı, "Subterranean Cistern" or "Subterranean Palace"), is the largest of several hundred ...
List of Byzantine monuments in Istanbul (historic Constantinople). This list is not complete. (By alphabetical order) A Atik Mustafa Pasha Mosque; B Basilica Cistern; Boukoleon Palace; C Chora Church; Church of St. Mary of Blachernae (Istanbul) Church of St. Mary of the Mongols; Church of St. Polyeuctus; Cistern of Philoxenos; D E Eski Imaret ...