Hagia Sophia

Before 1453 it was a church

After 1453 it was a mosque

In 1930-1935 years it became a museum.And now it's a museum.

It was used as a palace and a church. Later it was used as a mosque. Currently it is a museum open to the public.

up to 3.5 million each year

A monumental structure of completely original design created by Anthemius and Tralles. For many centuries, it was the largest cathedral in the world, and is also on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

The materials were Ashlar (dressed stone) and brick

The Agia Sophia is located in Istanbul, or Constantinople.

Because he farted so loud that he broke constantinople and so he needed to rebuild it and then a earthquake came after he rebuilded it and then he died so sad

To demonstrate the glory of the empire~ A.P.E.X

"..........is dedicated to the new Hagia Sophia that Justinian erected on the site of the one that had been burned down. As a result of Procoppius' writings, we know a great deal about the including itself including the identity of its architects, two mathematicians named Isidorus of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles.

They are called Minarets and are used for a call to prayer.

You mean Sancta Sophia whose name means 'Holy Wisdom' was a Greek Orthodox Christian Basilica, later an Imperial Mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey

In the United States

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The address of the Sophia is: 103 First Street, Sophia, 25921 1309

Latitude: N 41° 0' 30.2496", Longitude: E 28° 58' 48.3249"

The Hagia Sophia is an example of Byzantine Architecture. It features minarets which are slender towers with balconies from which believers are called to daily prayer at the buildings corners. It was formerly a Christian Church that was made into an Islamic mosque. It is in Constantinople, now known as Istanbul Turkey.

Because of riets

Enthroned Virgin and Child is a mosaic in Hagia Sophia. It was inaugurated by Patriarch Photius I in 867. The mosaic shows Mary sitting on a throne without a back and is shown holding the Child Jesus on her lap and her feet on a pedestal.

The hagia sophia symbolized the great strength of Christan faith, the extension into Europe and the glory of the empire

The Greek Orthodox Church.

holy wisdom

it acted as a church
It was a dedication to "Logos", or Jesus Christ, the second person in the Holy Trinity. It was built in 537 under Emperor Justinian's reign. It was the first true indication of the evolution of Roman architecture, which is evident in the dome-like structure, as the Byzantines moved closer to the Medieval period. The Hagia Sophia held many important holy relics related to Jesus' and his disciples' ancient adventures told in the Bible. The place was also the first to witness the excommunication by the Pope Leo IX in 1054, the beginning of the Great Schism.

The Hagia Sophis was turned into a mosque in 1453 by Ottoman Turks, led by Sultan Mehmed II, when they took Constantinople. This was almost 900 years after the current building was finished under orders of Justinian.

There is a link below to an article on the Hagia Sophia.