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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.
Hagia Sophia (Greek: Αγία Σοφία, meaning 'the Holy Wisdom'; Turkish: Ayasofya) is a formerly Greek Orthodox church that was converted into a mosque following the conquest of Trabzon by Mehmed II in 1461. It is located in Trabzon, northeastern Turkey. It was converted into a museum in 1964 [1] and back into a mosque in 2013. [2]
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 ...
Articles relating to the Hagia Sophia, ... It was an Orthodox church until the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, then a mosque until 1935, ...
The Church of Hagia Sophia was converted into the Orhan Mosque following the fall of Nicaea to the Ottoman Turks led by Orhan Ghazi in 1331. It continued to operate as a mosque until 1935, when it was designated as a museum under the regime of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. [6] In November 2011 it was again converted into a mosque. [2]
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: Nicaea: Turkey: 6th c. Now a mosque
This World Heritage Site includes buildings and structures such as the Sarayburnu, the Topkapı Palace, the Hagia Sophia, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, the Hagia Irene, Zeyrek Mosque, Süleymaniye Mosque, Little Hagia Sophia and the Walls of Constantinople.
Hagia Sophia was built in the fourteenth century by the first despot of Mystras, Manuel Kantakouzenos, whose monograms are preserved on marble plaques of the church. [1] [2] The church was originally dedicated to Jesus Christ the Life Giver (Ancient Greek: Ζωοδότης Χριστός, romanized: Zoodotes Christos) [2] and was the catholicon of the men's monastery, bearing the same name, as ...