Why was the hagia Sophia rebuilt?

Answer 1

Claiming the Hagia Sophia was a major goal of the Ottomans. After conquering Constantinople, Mehmed II (the Ottoman Sultan) had the church converted into a mosque. Christian regalia was thrown out and, over time, traditional mosque features were added, including the four minarets (the tall pillars that are used for the multiple call to prayers each day). Today, the Hagia Sophia functions as a museum.

Answer 2

The current building was constructed after the Hagia Sophia was burned down during a revolt in 532 AD. Byzantine Emperor Justinian I commissioned a new church, the current building, that same year. Since then it has been refurbished and alternated a number of times, most significantly with the Ottoman conquest in 1453.

Answer 3

The Hagia Sophia once was the biggest church in the history of churches; the great church of the Byzantine Empire where the christians could worship their faith. When the Byzantine Empire fell, it fell to the Turks in 1453 A.D.

Answer 4

From The Building of The Great Church in 532 to 1204, When The Fourth Crusade occupied Constantinople, it was converted to a Roman Catholic Church. It returned to an Eastern Orthodox Church in 1261 up until The Fall of Constantinople in 1453, when it became a mosque. It later became a museum in 1943.