Hagia Sophia, Turkish Building, Architect, Church, Mosque, Date, Design
Hagia Sophia Istanbul : Architecture Information
Museum in Istanbul, Turkey, Eastern Europe - design by Isidore of Miletus & Anthemius of Tralles
Hagia Sophia
Istanbul
532-37
Architects: Isidore of Miletus & Anthemius of Tralles
Former patriarchal basilica
Converted into a museum by the Republic of Turkey in 1935
Byzantine architecture for the Eastern Orthodox Church
Largest cathedral in the world for almost a thousand years, until Seville Cathedral in 1520
The building was converted into a mosque in 1453 when Constantinople (now Istanbul) was conquered by the Ottoman Turks, with the four minarets being the highest profile addition
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