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  2. Saint Sophia Cathedral, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral (in Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, Hagia Sophia) is a Greek Orthodox church built in 1952, in what was then the Greek section of Central Los Angeles, California. It is located at West 15th Street and South Normandie Avenue in the Byzantine-Latino Quarter [ 1 ]

  3. Conversion of non-Islamic places of worship into mosques

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    Hagia Sophia (from the Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, "Holy Wisdom"; Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia; Turkish: Ayasofya) was the cathedral of Constantinople in the state church of the Roman Empire and the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church's Patriarchate. After 1453 it became a mosque, and since 1931 it has been a museum in Istanbul ...

  4. List of churches dedicated to Holy Wisdom - Wikipedia

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    Hagia Sophia: Constantinople : Turkey: 6th c. Turned into a mosque after 1453, was a museum and now it is reverting to a mosque. Little Hagia Sophia: Constantinople : Turkey: 6th c. The Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), now a mosque. Hagia Sophia, Edessa: Edessa Turkey: 6th c. Hagia Sophia, Iznik

  5. Category:Hagia Sophia - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. List of largest church buildings - Wikipedia

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    For example, the Hagia Sophia is included; it was originally built as a church but currently operates as a mosque. [a] Buildings that have become churches, but which were not built for that purpose, are not included; for example, the Lakewood Church building, which was originally built to be the Compaq Center. The building must still be standing.

  7. Hagia Sophia - Wikipedia

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    [231] [232] The main dome of the Hagia Sophia was the largest pendentive dome in the world until the completion of St Peter's Basilica, and it has a much lower height than any other dome of such a large diameter. The great dome at the Hagia Sophia is 32.6 meters (one hundred and seven feet) in diameter and is only 0.61 meters (two feet) thick.

  8. File:Turkey-3019 - Hagia Sophia (2216460729).jpg - Wikipedia

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  9. File:Hagia Sophia Mars 2013.jpg - Wikipedia

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