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Hagia Sophia

537 CE · 6th century

The Hagia Sophia is a great domed church in Constantinople completed in 537 CE under the emperor Justinian I. For centuries it was the cathedral of the Byzantine Empire and one of the largest buildings in the world. After the Ottoman conquest of the city in 1453 it was converted into a mosque.

Hagia Sophia
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hagia Sophia. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hagia-sophia
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