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Hagia Sophia

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Noun1.Hagia Sophia - a 6th century masterpiece of Byzantine architecture in Istanbul; built as a Christian church, converted to a mosque in 1453, and made into a museum in the middle of the 20th century
Hagia Sofia, Santa Sofia, Santa Sophia
Constantinople, Istanbul, Stamboul, Stambul - the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church


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She describes how both Michelangelo and Leonardo were courted by the ruling sultan Beyazid II and points out the similarities between the Hagia Sophia and Bramante's centralised design for St Peter's with hemispherical domes and two towers.
Scholarly Sinan by Shariff, Yasmin / The Architectural Review
Justinian's architects claimed they outdid Solomon's Temple when they erected Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.
Religion Booknotes by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal
His many church portraits include a mosaic in Hagia Sophia (illustrated above).
John Chrysostom: saint for our times by Baldwin, Barry / Catholic Insight
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