Hagia Sophia

Friday, May 31, 2013
Istanbul, Turkey


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Hagia Sophia
, Turkish Ayasofya, Latin Sancta Sophia, also called Church of the Holy Wisdom or Church of the Divine Wisdom, cathedral built at Constantinople (now Istanbul) in the 6th century ce (532–537) under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. By general consensus, it is the most important Byzantine structure and one of the world’s great monuments. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/251562/Hagia-Sophia





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